Comedy

Mr. Baseball

- He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!

Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one good year left and can the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese Central baseball league find it in him?

Release Date : 1992-10-01

Language :EnglishJapanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal Pictures

Production Country : United States of AmericaJapan

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jack Elliot

Original Name : Tom Selleck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uchiyama

Original Name : 高倉健

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hiroko Uchiyama

Original Name : Aya Takanashi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Max 'Hammer' Dubois

Original Name : Dennis Haysbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yoji Nishimura

Original Name : 塩屋俊

Gender : Male

Character Name : Toshi Yamashita

Original Name : 豊原功補

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ryoh Mukai

Original Name : Toshizo Fujiwara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shinji Igarashi

Original Name : Mak Takano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hiroshi Kurosawa

Original Name : 森永健司

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tomohiko Ohmie

Original Name : Joh Nishimura

Gender : Male

Character Name : Issei Itoi

Original Name : Norihide Goto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Akito Yagi

Original Name : Kensuke Toita

Gender : Male

Character Name : Takuya Nishikawa

Original Name : Naoki Fuji

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hiroshi Nakamura

Original Name : 穂積隆信

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lyle Massey

Original Name : Leon Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hiroko's Grandfather

Original Name : 浜村純

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hiroko's Grandmother

Original Name : 萬代峰子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Coach Hori

Original Name : 大木正司

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hiroko's Assistant

Original Name : 藤田朋子

Gender : Female

Character Name : Umpire #1

Original Name : 桜金造

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morita-san

Original Name : Ikuko Saiton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Commercial Director

Original Name : Hikari Takano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Skip

Original Name : Art LaFleur

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trey

Original Name : Greg Goossen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doc

Original Name : Nicholas Cascone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Howie Gold

Original Name : Larry Pennell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ryan Ward

Original Name : Scott Plank

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billy Stevens

Original Name : Charles Fick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duane

Original Name : Michael McGrady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rookie

Original Name : Frank Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rick

Original Name : Michael Papajohn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manuel

Original Name : Rolando Rodriquez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Ball Player

Original Name : Todd A. Provence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Player - New York

Original Name : Frank Mendoza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Umpire

Original Name : Ken Medlock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coed in Bed

Original Name : Carrie Jean Yazel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Player's Wife

Original Name : Mary Kohnert

Gender : Female

Character Name : Japanese Sportscaster

Original Name : Makoto Kuno

Gender : Male

Character Name : Japanese Sportscaster

Original Name : Michiyo Washizuka

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nikawa

Original Name : 青木伸輔

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sato

Original Name : Rinzoh Suzuki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sugita

Original Name : 水島新太郎

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uemoto

Original Name : Nobuyuki Kariya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tsuboi

Original Name : 神保悟志

Gender : Male

Character Name : Koboyshika

Original Name : Masanao Matsuzaki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Takahashi

Original Name : Shôtarô Kusumi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kobayashi

Original Name : Katsushi Yamaguchi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mutsui

Original Name : Hiro Nagae

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ishimara

Original Name : Yoshimi Imai

Gender : Male

Character Name : Itami

Original Name : Cin Chi Cheng

Gender : Male

Character Name : Umpire #2

Original Name : 掛田誠

Gender : Male

Character Name : Umpire #3

Original Name : Shogo Nakajima

Gender : Male

Character Name : Niven

Original Name : Bradley Jay Lesley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : Garry Bassin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Himself (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Costas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fan (uncredited)

Original Name : James Corey Kaufman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Himself (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Tim McCarver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cheering fan behind home plate (uncredited)

Original Name : Adam Vargas

Gender : Male

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-12

Well, it's not the best film, however Mr. Magnum... Baseball... Tom Selleck does a great job of playing a stuck-up, egotistical chauvinistic well, zhlob and it might sound like an insult, but that is where the charm is. It's a movie where, at it's heart, it shows that Baseball transcends international boundaries... and I firmly believe that once the rest of the world realizes it's better than soccer, that will be true. However, in the meantime, it's also a movie about the worst possible culture shock and the worst possible person to experience it. And, of course, it promises a happy ending, it promises that Mr. Baseball will learn from his mistakes, and it promises that baseball will prevail. And, of course, it delivers on that promise like all movies like this too, and, again, that is the charm. But, really, it's a baseball movie and it takes a lot to make them bad.