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Mr. Baseball (1992) 5.8
A fading baseball player is traded to a Japanese team and has trouble fitting into the society. Director:Fred Schepisi |
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Jack Elliot
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| Ken Takakura | ... |
Uchiyama
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Aya Takanashi | ... |
Hiroko Uchiyama
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Max 'Hammer' Dubois
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Toshi Shioya | ... |
Yoji Nishimura
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Kosuke Toyohara | ... |
Toshi Yamashita
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Toshizo Fujiwara | ... |
Ryoh Mukai
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Mak Takano | ... |
Shinji Igarashi
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Kenji Morinaga | ... |
Hiroshi Kurosawa
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Joh Nishimura | ... |
Tomophiko Ohmie
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Norihide Goto | ... |
Issei Itoi
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Kensuke Toita | ... |
Akito Yagi
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Naoki Fuji | ... |
Takuya Nishikawa
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Takanobu Hozumi | ... |
Hiroshi Nakamura
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Leon Lee | ... |
Lyle Massey
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Although a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees, Jack Elliott is now on the down side of his baseball career. His batting average is low and one of his few claims to fame is that during the previous year, he led the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August. With an up and coming slugger ready to replace him, he learns that he's been traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central baseball league. Elliott is set in his ways and quite inflexible, not only in accepting Japanese culture in general, but also with the way the baseball team is managed. When he meets his very pretty PR agent, Hiroko, he begins to gain a greater appreciation that he should accept his current situation. When he realizes her other connection to the team, his attitudes begin to change at an even greater pace Written by garykmcd
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An inspirational baseball movie. See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
2 October 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Basebalista See more »Box Office
Budget:
$40,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$20,883,046 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
DENTSU Music And Entertainment, Outlaw Productions (I), Universal Pictures See more »
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I agree with BigAlC - this movie actually prepared me for a lot of the cultural differences and practices before I went to live in Japan for a year in 1993. Tom Selleck does a fantastic job here, as always, and the movie is greatly humorous and educational. I'm a big fan of Tom Selleck's, and he blesses this part with his usual charm and charisma to this part, bringing the film to life in a way I can't imagine any other actor being able to pull off.
This film featured some first-rate Japanese actors, and it was highly entertaining to watch them as they interacted with Selleck - I can imagine the fun he had during the actual filming of the movie - Japan's an awesome place to go, whether you want to party, sight-see or just try to take everything in.