Mr. Baseball

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Kevin S @SayHeyKid1230 Sep 17, 2026 Not the best baseball movie, but man does it bring me back See more John B @RT56492114 Nov 25, 2025 Mr. Baseball is one of the best film depictions I've seen of life in modern Japan for a non-Japanese gaijin, especially a standard American. Tom Selleck's character goes through a typical culture shock sequence, much like the five stages of grief, and comes out the other end a much better man because of it. And as a former resident of Japan, I can attest that his collisions with Japanese culture are hilarious and on target. Two favorites are the shiatsu massage he gets after a workout (he screams YEEOOOWWWW! while his teammates howl with laughter). And after trying to macho-bully his assistant, he has to ask for her help -- "where do I live?!?" For years I've recommended "Mr Baseball" and Juzo Itami's "A Taxing Woman" to anyone interested in modern day life in Japan as a gaijin. I still recommend those two. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 15, 2025 The worldwide gross is $20,883,046.00, less than the budget of $40,000,000.00. See more Brian H @RT25736836 Feb 3, 2025 Unlike some reviewers of the movie, the movie is aware that baseball is a game. It does a pretty good job of showing the meeting of culture and play and job of baseball reality for an American play in Japan. Good watch. See more urban. d @RT05805901 Jun 25, 2024 Probably a bit silly and contrived, but I love the humour and Tom Selleck is great. It's a guilty favourite of mine. 4/5. See more alan g @agenser May 15, 2024 A reasonable comedy about an arrogant american baseball player trying to resurrect his carrer in japan. Succeeds on most levels. Interesting to watch. See more Read all reviews

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