Mr. Baseball
IMDB Rating: 5.40, 2859 votes
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Taglines
- An inspirational baseball movie.
- He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!
Storyline
A Major Leaguer down on his percentages gets traded to the Chuunichi Dragons , and has trouble adjusting to Japanese customs. He resists what he considers ridiculous and arbitrary rules of the club and belittles the etiquette expected of him as a representative of his team. When he starts seeing the interactions of his coach with the owners of the team, and falls in love with his trainer's daughter, he begins to rethink his attitude.
Actors
| Jack Elliot | Tom Selleck |
| Uchiyama, Dragon's Manager | Ken Takakura |
| Hiroko Uchiyama | Aya Takanashi |
| Max 'Hammer' Dubois | Dennis Haysbert |
| Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter/Guide | Toshi Shioya |
| Toshi Yamashita | Kosuke Toyohara |
| Ryoh Mukai | Toshizo Fujiwara |
| Shinji Igarashi | Mak Takano |
| Hiroshi Kurosawa | Kenji Morinaga |
| Tomophiko Ohmie | Joh Nishimura |
| Issei Itoi | Norihide Goto |
| Akito Yagi | Kensuke Toita |
| Takuya Nishikawa | Naoki Fuji |
| Hiroshi Nakamura | Takanobu Hozumi |
| Lyle Massey | Leon Lee |
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Posted in: 1992, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Tagged: apology, baseball, baseball manager, baseball player, baseball star, baseball team, bath, beef, chopstick, culture clash, father daughter relationship, father in law son in law relationship, fish out of water, home run, intentional mistranslation, japan, japanese television, major league baseball, male nudity, massage, noodles, saké, self confidence, television commercial, training