Mr. Baseball

Oct 1, 1992

1h 48m

★ 5.8

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?

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Mr. Baseball Trailers

Cast

Jack Elliot

Tom Selleck

Uchiyama

Ken Takakura

Hiroko Uchiyama

Aya Takanashi

Max 'Hammer' Dubois

Dennis Haysbert

Yoji Nishimura

Toshi Shioya

Toshi Yamashita

Kosuke Toyohara

Ryoh Mukai

Toshizo Fujiwara

Shinji Igarashi

Mak Takano

Hiroshi Kurosawa

Kenji Morinaga

Tomohiko Ohmie

Joh Nishimura

Issei Itoi

Norihide Goto

Akito Yagi

Kensuke Toita

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