Mr. Baseball (1992)

Mr. Baseball (1992) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$23.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Fred Schepisi

Written By:
Theo Pelletier
John Junkerman

Actors:
Tom Selleck ..... Jack Elliot
Ken Takakura ..... Uchiyama
Aya Takanashi ..... Hiroko Uchiyama
Dennis Haysbert ..... Max 'Hammer' Dubois
Toshi Shioya ..... Yoji Nishimura
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

Synopsis:

Although a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees, Jack Elliott is now on the down side of his baseball career. His batting average is low and one of his few claims to fame is that during the previous year, he led the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August. With an up and coming slugger ready to replace him, he learns that he's been traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central baseball league. Elliott is set in his ways and quite inflexible, not only in accepting Japanese culture in general, but also with the way the baseball team is managed. When he meets his very pretty PR agent, Hiroko, he begins to gain a greater appreciation that he should accept his current situation. When he realizes her other connection to the team, his attitudes begin to change at an even greater pace.

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.

A fading baseball player is traded to a Japanese team and has trouble fitting into the society.

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