Mr. Baseball (1992)

Directed by

Fred Schepisi

Genre

comedy film, sport film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 149 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging American baseball player gets traded to a Japanese team. He struggles to adapt to the different customs and expectations of Japanese baseball culture.

lightheartedfish-out-of-waterhumorousplayfulfeel-goodmoderate-tempoculture-clashsports-oriented

What happens

Mr. Baseball is a 1992 American sports comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert, and Aya Takanashi. Selleck plays a veteran New York Yankees first baseman, Jack Elliot, who is traded to the Chunichi Dragons in Japan and must contend with cultural differences. Although the film was a limited success, it remains accurate, as of the 2020s, in portraying the peculiarities of Japanese baseball. It is used as a training resource by foreign professional baseball players who join a Japanese team. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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