Jun Inoue, Keiko Toda, Ken Watanabe, Kyoka Suzuki, Masahiko Nishimura ...( see more  see more... ) , Shiro Namiki , Shunji Fujimura , Takehiko Ono , Toshiaki Karasawa , Yasukiyo Umeno

Using her real-life experiences and feelings, a Japanese housewife Miyako (Kyoka Suzuki) writes the winning script in a radio drana contest. But she has some hard -- if comical -- lessons to learn abo...( read more  read more... )ut show business when she finds out her play might not be broadcast as it was written. Will she defend her script at any cost, or will she accept the changes?

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Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Koki Mitani

Release Date: November 8, 1997

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DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003

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  • May 26, 2009
    Laugh out loud hilarity!
  • September 14, 2008
    I like this movie.. sometimes, it went so crazy that we tend to do what we think is right..
  • March 1, 2008
    the whole movie took place in a radio station. prob 90% was shot inside radio studio.great script and very very funny!
  • December 2, 2007
    Great pacing, hilarious and mood lifting.
  • September 27, 2007
    A modest but hilarious little Japanese comedy about a radio drama going awry. I suspect that's not very original to begin with, but the escalating plot craziness of the radio play and the frantic comic situations making fun of contemporary Japanese culture stand out on their own....( read more) Nice ensemble cast with an unrecognisable Ken Watanabe as a lorry driver.
  • June 5, 2007
    A really funny Japanese movie about a radio show, but the actors want their character's name changed, then the setting, then the plot. What will the poor scriptwriter do?

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  • snazzalicious
    April 16, 2007
    This movie is great, very funny and it gives you that feeling of good-spirit and puts a smile on your face.

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