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01/10/1992 Comedy 1h 48m
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He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!

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?

  1. Fred Schepisi

    Director

  2. Jeffrey Price

    Writer

  3. Peter S. Seaman

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Tom Selleck

    Jack Elliot

  2. Ken Takakura

    Uchiyama

  3. Aya Takanashi

    Hiroko Uchiyama

  4. Toshi Shioya

    Yoji Nishimura

  5. Dennis Haysbert

    Max 'Hammer' Dubois

  6. Art LaFleur

    Skip

  7. Nicholas Cascone

    Doc

  8. Larry Pennell

    Howie Gold

  9. Toshizo Fujiwara

    Ryoh Mukai

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-12
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 endi...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$20,000,000.00

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