Home
search
more | tips
IMDb > Mr. Baseball (1992)
Mr. Baseball
Quicklinks
Top Links
trailers and videosfull cast and crewtriviaofficial sitesmemorable quotes
Overview
main detailscombined detailsfull cast and crewcompany creditstv schedule
Awards & Reviews
user commentsexternal reviewsnewsgroup reviewsawardsuser ratingsparents guiderecommendationsmessage board
Plot & Quotes
plot summaryplot synopsisplot keywordsAmazon.com summarymemorable quotes
Fun Stuff
triviagoofssoundtrack listingcrazy creditsalternate versionsmovie connectionsFAQ
Other Info
merchandising linksbox office/businessrelease datesfilming locationstechnical specslaserdisc detailsDVD detailsliterature listingsNewsDesk
Promotional
taglines trailers and videos posters photo gallery
External Links
showtimesofficial sitesmiscellaneousphotographssound clipsvideo clips

Mr. Baseball (1992) More at IMDbPro »

Photos (see all 13 | slideshow) Videos
Mr. Baseball (1992) -- text os

Overview

User Rating:
5.4/10   3,386 votes
MOVIEmeter: ?
Down 18% in popularity this week. See rank & trends on IMDbPro.
Director:
Fred Schepisi
Writers (WGA):
Theo Pelletier (story) &
John Junkerman (story) ...
more
Contact:
View company contact information for Mr. Baseball on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
2 October 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Sport more
Tagline:
An inspirational baseball movie. more
Plot:
A fading baseball player is traded to a Japanese team and has trouble fitting into the society. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Gary Ross Brought In to Rewrite 'Spider-Man 4'
 (From Get The Big Picture. 9 July 2009, 9:17 AM, PDT)

Spider-Man 4 Lands a New Writer
 (From TheMovingPicture. 8 July 2009, 10:14 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Great movie more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Selleck ... Jack Elliot
Ken Takakura ... Uchiyama, Dragon's Manager
Aya Takanashi ... Hiroko Uchiyama

Dennis Haysbert ... Max 'Hammer' Dubois
Toshi Shioya ... Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter / Guide
Kosuke Toyohara ... Toshi Yamashita
Toshizo Fujiwara ... Ryoh Mukai
Mak Takano ... Shinji Igarashi
Kenji Morinaga ... Hiroshi Kurosawa
Joh Nishimura ... Tomophiko Ohmie
Norihide Goto ... Issei Itoi
Kensuke Toita ... Akito Yagi
Naoki Fuji ... Takuya Nishikawa
Takanobu Hozumi ... Hiroshi Nakamura
Leon Lee ... Lyle Massey
more
Create a character page for: ?

Additional Details

Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA | Japan
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
At one point in the movie, when the pitchers refuse to pitch to Selleck's character because they don't want him to break the home run record, Selleck turns his bat the other way around and challenges pitchers to pitch to him as a sign of protest. This comes from a real-life incident a few years before the movie in the Japan Leagues when Hanshin Tigers slugger Randy Bass was on the verge of breaking the single season home run record there and pitchers refused to pitch to him. Bass similarly turned his bat upside down to protest. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: All of the Japanese scoreboards in the movie show the batting order using the numbers based on the players' positions in standard baseball scoring, i.e. 1=pitcher, 2=catcher, 3=1st base, and so on. The batting orders show Jack Elliot is the clean-up batter, which is fine. The Japanese use lights above the numbers to indicate who is up to bat. Even when Jack is up to bat, the clean-up position never gets lit. Mostly it's the second batter. Once, in an an away game, the other team has a batter lit up, even though the Dragons are at bat. more
Quotes:
Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: You rang, Mr. Baseball?
Jack Elliot: Yeah, I rang, Mr. Wise-Ass!
more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Married with Children: Dial B for Virgin (#9.7)" (1994) more

FAQ

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Great movie, 11 April 2006
9/10
Author: shadowblade13 from Canada

I agree with BigAlC - this movie actually prepared me for a lot of the cultural differences and practices before I went to live in Japan for a year in 1993. Tom Selleck does a fantastic job here, as always, and the movie is greatly humorous and educational. I'm a big fan of Tom Selleck's, and he blesses this part with his usual charm and charisma to this part, bringing the film to life in a way I can't imagine any other actor being able to pull off.

This film featured some first-rate Japanese actors, and it was highly entertaining to watch them as they interacted with Selleck - I can imagine the fun he had during the actual filming of the movie - Japan's an awesome place to go, whether you want to party, sight-see or just try to take everything in.

Was the above comment useful to you?
more

Message Boards

Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Mr. Baseball (1992)
Recent Posts (updated daily)User
Jack Elliot, Japan's Julio Franco rulegm
last play of game comairmht
Still can't buy this on DVD in Japan llanelli14
Sellecks's MV mustache Tyler Durden13
The ORIGINAL Last Samurai eightiespusher
Missing scenes yudds
more

Recommendations

If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends:
- - - - -
Summer Catch Ladies' Day Lost in Translation Slap Shot Major League
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
Show more recommendations

Related Links

Full cast and crew Company credits External reviews
News articles IMDb Comedy section IMDb USA section
Add this title to MyMovies

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.