Mr. Baseball

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

1992 1h 48m EN

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5.9

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12%

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6.1

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★5.9TMDB · 154🥫12%Rotten Tomatoes★6.1IMDB · 12,805

Comedy

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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?

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

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Cast

Tom Selleck
Jack Elliot
Ken Takakura
Uchiyama
Aya Takanashi
Hiroko Uchiyama
Toshi Shioya
Yoji Nishimura
Dennis Haysbert
Max 'Hammer' Dubois
Art LaFleur
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Nicholas Cascone
Doc
Larry Pennell
Howie Gold

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Fred Schepisi
Writers: Theo Pelletier, John Junkerman, Gary Ross
Languages: English, Japanese
Countries: United States of America, Japan

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Japan.

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4 / 8

CAST

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234+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Fred Schepisi, shot by Ian Baker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Jerry Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Honess shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Tom Selleck and Ken Takakura and Aya Takanashi carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Fred Schepisi directs. Ian Baker behind the camera. Jerry Goldsmith scores. Peter Honess cuts. Produced in United States of America, Japan. Dialogue in English, Japanese.

Trivia

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134 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Japan.
4234+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Fred Schepisi, shot by Ian Baker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Jerry Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Peter Honess shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Tom Selleck and Ken Takakura and Aya Takanashi carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!".
10IMDB entry: tt0104926 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ian Baker
Original score: Jerry Goldsmith
Editing: Peter Honess
Production design: Ted Haworth
Costume design: Bernadene Morgan
Makeup / hair: Lon Bentley
VFX supervisor: Michael J. McAlister
Sound: Peter Fenton
Stunt coordinator: Tom Lupo
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $20,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Mr. Baseball (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes: 12% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 6.1/10 · 12,805 votes
MPAA: PG-13

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 10/10
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.

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