Mr. Baseball

1992
PG-13
1h 48min

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Un jugador de béisbol se ve obligado a jugar en Japón, una cultura y modos de juego muy diferentes a lo acostumbrado pero que terminan conquistándolo.Un jugador de béisbol se ve obligado a jugar en Japón, una cultura y modos de juego muy diferentes a lo acostumbrado pero que terminan conquistándolo.Un jugador de béisbol se ve obligado a jugar en Japón, una cultura y modos de juego muy diferentes a lo acostumbrado pero que terminan conquistándolo.

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Premios
- 1 nominación en total

Imágenes59

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Más del estilo

5,9

El ídolo

5,8

Su coartada

5,6

A tres golpes de la fama

6,9

Un vaquero sin rumbo

5,6

Tres granujas en la liga

6,5

Un hombre inocente

6,4

Un dulce verano

7,0

Touch 'Em All McCall

6,8

Después de una guerra

6,6

Entre el amor y el juego

6,2

Un héroe en la universidad

7,7

61*

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Curiosidades
The rookie who pushes Tom Selleck's character off the Yankees roster was played by Frank Thomas, who went on to become one of the best MLB hitters in the 1990s. He won two MVP awards and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.

Pifias
The American bar Max takes Jack to in Japan to meet other American players is actually a Sports Bar in Los Angeles. All of the patrons and bartenders/servers are American and all of the beer signs and posters are in English and if you look outside the window you can clearly see it's Los Angeles and not Japan.

Citas
[Jack just found out that Uchiyama is fluent in English]
Uchiyama: I am the Japanese manager for Japanese baseball team that you agreed to play for. It is your duty to learn my ways, not the other way around!
Jack Elliot: [to Hiroko] Different language, same attitude! Let's go!

Versiones alternativas
The Japanese theatrical version had three additional scenes. The first additional scene is following Jack and Hiroko's first dinner together, where she drops him off at his apartment building. The second scene is an extension of Jack and Hiroko visiting a shrine. The third has Jack and Uchiyama at a graveyard.

Conexiones
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Last of the Mohicans/Innocent Blood/Mr. Saturday Night/Glengarry Glen Ross/Laws of Gravity (1992)

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7/10

This film is a grand slam

Tom Selleck has been for most of his career a box office bust. Even though this movie did not score a home run with movie goers, it is still a nicely done film. It doesn't play down Japanese stereotypes, as the writers of this film did their homework on life in Japan. I used to watch Japanese baseball, and I can tell you that the film does a pretty good interpretation. In Japan, the manager of a ball club is more of a nurturing father. It's also more like work than sport. Players run fundamental drills all day and talent takes a backseat to skill. The movie is nicely done and Selleck does a good job as selfish, self-centered Jack Elliot. Dennis Haysbert is also nice in the supporting role of Max DuBois (He had enough practice being in baseball movies after being in Major League). Ken Takakura is good as the no-nonsense manager of the club. It's a shame he hasn't done any other American films after this one. Aya Takanashi is also nice as Jack's love interest. If you can, get the video or DVD because the TV version makes some of the most absurd edits and cuts I have seen.