5.3
“He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!”
Mr. Baseball (1992)
October 1, 19921h 48mEN
5.8
141 votes
Overview
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?
Director
Fred SchepisiWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Rent
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$20.0M
Production Companies
Universal PicturesOutlawPacific Artists
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GenerationofSwine
10.0Well, 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 endi…
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