Jack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.
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| Tom Selleck | ... | Jack Elliot | |
| Ken Takakura | ... | Uchiyama | |
| Aya Takanashi | ... | Hiroko Uchiyama | |
| Dennis Haysbert | ... | 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 |
| 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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Release Date:
2 October 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$40,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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Jack Elliot: [Jack just arrived in Japan an hour ago] Already?
Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: Yes.
Jack Elliot: Well, the airport's nice. I guess. And there's lots of little people walking and talking very fast.
Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: [in Japanese] Architecture beautiful. Society on cutting edge of progress.
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The rookie who pushes Tom Selleck's character off the Yankees roster was played by Frank Thomas, who went on to become one of the best MLB hitters in the 1990s. He won two MVP awards and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014. See more »Goofs
During the Dragons season ending series, Jack is scouted, and Max is signed to finish the year with the LA Dodgers. Japan's baseball regular season ends a week or two after the Major League Baseball regular season ends. If Jack or Max had signed a contract with a Major League team at that time, they wouldn't be eligible to play until the next season. See more »Quotes
Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: [at a press conference] She wants to know what you think of our country?Jack Elliot: [Jack just arrived in Japan an hour ago] Already?
Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: Yes.
Jack Elliot: Well, the airport's nice. I guess. And there's lots of little people walking and talking very fast.
Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: [in Japanese] Architecture beautiful. Society on cutting edge of progress.
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Even if you are not a baseball fan, you will enjoy MR. BASEBALL. An aging Major League home run slugger Jack Elliot(Tom Selleck)is traded to the Dragons, a favorite ball team in Japan. American ballplayers are treated like rock 'n' roll stars in Japan and Jack is no exception. The American slugger has trouble fitting into the eastern society and thanks to his interpreter(Kosuke Toyohara)he doesn't completely alienate himself. Another American player "Hammer" Dubois(Dennis Haysbert)tries to help big Jack fit in, but of course the Dragon's new home run hitter is pretty hard headed.
Elliot finds himself in his coach's(Ken Takakura)doghouse more often than not. The team finds him easy to dislike. Unknowingly he finds romance with the coach's daughter(Aya Takanashi)and that is just part of the humor found in this likable and short of heartwarming movie. Most of the humor comes from Jack's interpreter. Selleck fits the role pretty well. Ted Danson would have been another good choice for the role, but Selleck provides enough arrogance to carry it off. Not a total waste of time, but there is doubts about a double header. Twice is enough for me.