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MR. BASEBALL (1992)
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Although a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees, Jack Elliott is now on the down side of his baseball career. His batting average is low and one of his few claims to fame is that during the previous year, he led the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August. With an up and coming slugger ready to replace him, he learns that he's been traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central baseball league. Elliott is set in his ways and quite inflexible, not only in accepting Japanese culture in general, but also with the way the baseball team is managed. When he meets his very pretty PR agent, Aya Takahashi, he begins to gain a greater appreciation that he should accept his current situation. When he realizes her other connection to the team, his attitudes begin to change at an even greater pace.
Although a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees, Jack Elliott is now on the down side of his baseball career. His batting average is low and one of his few claims to fame is that during the previous year, he led the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August. With an up and coming slugger ready to replace him, he learns that he's been traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central baseball league. Elliott is set in his ways and quite inflexible, not only in accepting Japanese culture in general, but also with the way the baseball team is managed. When he meets his very pretty PR agent, Aya Takahashi, he begins to gain a greater appreciation that he should accept his current situation. When he realizes her other connection to the team, his attitudes begin to change at an even greater pace.
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Directed by
Fred Schepisi
Writing credits
(WGA)
Theo Pelletier
(story) &
John Junkerman
(story)
Gary Ross
(screenplay) and
Kevin Wade
(screenplay) and
Monte Merrick
(screenplay)
Cast
Tom Selleck...Jack Elliot
Ken Takakura...Uchiyama
Aya Takanashi...Hiroko Uchiyama
Dennis Haysbert...Max 'Hammer' Dubois
Toshi Shioya...Yoji Nishimura
Kosuke Toyohara...Toshi Yamashita
Toshizo Fujiwara...Ryoh Mukai
Mak Takano...Shinji Igarashi
Kenji Morinaga...Hiroshi Kurosawa
Joh Nishimura...Tomophiko Ohmie
Norihide Goto...Issei Itoi
Kensuke Toita...Akito Yagi
Naoki Fuji...Takuya Nishikawa
Takanobu Hozumi...Hiroshi Nakamura
Leon Lee...Lyle Massey
Jun Hamamura...Hiroko's Grandfather
Mineko Yorozuyo...Hiroko's Grandmother
Shôji Ôki...Coach Hori
Tomoko Fujita...Hiroko's Assistant
Kinzoh Sakura...Umpire #1
Ikuko Saiton...Morita-san
Hikari Takano..Commercial Director
Art LaFleur...Skip
Greg Goossen...Trey
Nicholas Cascone...Doc
Larry Pennell...Howie Gold
Scott Plank...Ryan Ward
Charles Fick...Billy Stevens (as Charles Joseph Fick)
Michael McGrady...Duane
Frank Thomas..Rookie
Michael Papajohn...Rick
Rolando Rodriquez...Manuel
Todd A. Provence...Young Ball Player
Frank Mendoza...Player - New York
Ken Medlock...Umpire
Carrie Jean Yazel...Coed in Bed (as Carrie Yazel)
Mary Kohnert...Player's Wife
Makoto Kuno...Japanese Sportscaster
Michiyo Washizuka...Japanese Sportscaster
Shinsuke Aoki...Nikawa
Rinzoh Suzuki...Sato
Shintarô Mizushima...Sugita
Nobuyuki Kariya...Uemoto
Satoshi Jinbo..Tsuboi
Masanao Matsuzaki...Koboyshika
Shôtarô Kusumi...Takahashi
Katsushi Yamaguchi...Kobayshi
Hiro Nagae...Mutsui
Yoshimi Imai...Ishimara
Cin Chi Cheng...Itami
Makoto Kakeda...Umpire #2
Shogo Nakajima...Umpire #3
Bradley Jay Lesley...Niven (as Bradley Jay 'Animal' Lesley)
Garry Bassin...Bartender (uncredited)
Bob Costas...Himself (voice) (uncredited)
James Corey Kaufman...Fan (uncredited)
Tim McCarver...Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Adam Vargas..Cheering fan behind home plate (uncredited)
Produced by
Doug Claybourne....producer
Tumgo Ito...line producer
John Kao....executive producer
Susumu Kondo....executive producer: Japan
Hisao Maru....assistant producer
Robert F. Newmyer....producer (as Robert Newmyer)
Fred Schepisi....producer
Jeffrey Silver....executive producer (as Jeff Silver)
Hidekazu Uehara....assistant producer
Ariel Levy....producer (uncredited)
Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography by
Ian Baker
Film Editing by
Peter Honess
Casting by
Dianne Crittenden
Production Design by
Ted Haworth
Art Direction by
Kenneth J. Creber
Katsumi Kaneda
Russell J. Smith
Set Decoration by
Cloudia Rebar
(as Cloudia Redar)
Costume Design by
Bruce Finlayson
Makeup Department
Lon Bentley....makeup artist
Yoshie Hamada....makeup artist
Dinah Holt....makeup artist
Noriko Tomita....makeup artist
Production Management
James D. Brubaker....unit production manager
Colleen Clarke....post-production supervisor
Michael Fuller....unit manager
D. Howard Grigsby....unit production manager (as Howard Grigsby)
Shigeo Marubuchi....unit manager
Kazuo Nakamura....unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cellin Gluck....first assistant director: second unit
Cellin Gluck....second assistant director
Catherine Grennan....fourth assistant director
Kazuto Kunishige....first assistant director
Carla McCloskey....second assistant director: Los Angeles
Bruce Moriarty....first assistant director
Makoto Morishita....third assistant director
Thompson O'Sullivan....fifth assistant director
Taiichi Sugiyama....second assistant director
Masaya Takahashi....fourth assistant director
Julian Wall....second assistant director
Daniel R. Suhart....assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Daniel R. Suhart....second assistant director (uncredited)
Art Department
Jason Bedig...leadman
William J. Durrell Jr.....art director: Los Angeles
Sean Haworth....set designer
Sound Department
Peter Fenton....sound re-recording mixer
David Kelson....sound mixer
Glenn Newnham....sound editor
Paul Pirola....foley mixer
Ron Purvis....sound re-recording mixer
Terry Rodman....sound re-recording mixer
Terry Rodman....supervising sound editor
Pat Suraci....boom operator
Fred Schepisi
Writing credits
(WGA)
Theo Pelletier
(story) &
John Junkerman
(story)
Gary Ross
(screenplay) and
Kevin Wade
(screenplay) and
Monte Merrick
(screenplay)
Cast
Tom Selleck...Jack Elliot
Ken Takakura...Uchiyama
Aya Takanashi...Hiroko Uchiyama
Dennis Haysbert...Max 'Hammer' Dubois
Toshi Shioya...Yoji Nishimura
Kosuke Toyohara...Toshi Yamashita
Toshizo Fujiwara...Ryoh Mukai
Mak Takano...Shinji Igarashi
Kenji Morinaga...Hiroshi Kurosawa
Joh Nishimura...Tomophiko Ohmie
Norihide Goto...Issei Itoi
Kensuke Toita...Akito Yagi
Naoki Fuji...Takuya Nishikawa
Takanobu Hozumi...Hiroshi Nakamura
Leon Lee...Lyle Massey
Jun Hamamura...Hiroko's Grandfather
Mineko Yorozuyo...Hiroko's Grandmother
Shôji Ôki...Coach Hori
Tomoko Fujita...Hiroko's Assistant
Kinzoh Sakura...Umpire #1
Ikuko Saiton...Morita-san
Hikari Takano..Commercial Director
Art LaFleur...Skip
Greg Goossen...Trey
Nicholas Cascone...Doc
Larry Pennell...Howie Gold
Scott Plank...Ryan Ward
Charles Fick...Billy Stevens (as Charles Joseph Fick)
Michael McGrady...Duane
Frank Thomas..Rookie
Michael Papajohn...Rick
Rolando Rodriquez...Manuel
Todd A. Provence...Young Ball Player
Frank Mendoza...Player - New York
Ken Medlock...Umpire
Carrie Jean Yazel...Coed in Bed (as Carrie Yazel)
Mary Kohnert...Player's Wife
Makoto Kuno...Japanese Sportscaster
Michiyo Washizuka...Japanese Sportscaster
Shinsuke Aoki...Nikawa
Rinzoh Suzuki...Sato
Shintarô Mizushima...Sugita
Nobuyuki Kariya...Uemoto
Satoshi Jinbo..Tsuboi
Masanao Matsuzaki...Koboyshika
Shôtarô Kusumi...Takahashi
Katsushi Yamaguchi...Kobayshi
Hiro Nagae...Mutsui
Yoshimi Imai...Ishimara
Cin Chi Cheng...Itami
Makoto Kakeda...Umpire #2
Shogo Nakajima...Umpire #3
Bradley Jay Lesley...Niven (as Bradley Jay 'Animal' Lesley)
Garry Bassin...Bartender (uncredited)
Bob Costas...Himself (voice) (uncredited)
James Corey Kaufman...Fan (uncredited)
Tim McCarver...Himself (voice) (uncredited)
Adam Vargas..Cheering fan behind home plate (uncredited)
Produced by
Doug Claybourne....producer
Tumgo Ito...line producer
John Kao....executive producer
Susumu Kondo....executive producer: Japan
Hisao Maru....assistant producer
Robert F. Newmyer....producer (as Robert Newmyer)
Fred Schepisi....producer
Jeffrey Silver....executive producer (as Jeff Silver)
Hidekazu Uehara....assistant producer
Ariel Levy....producer (uncredited)
Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography by
Ian Baker
Film Editing by
Peter Honess
Casting by
Dianne Crittenden
Production Design by
Ted Haworth
Art Direction by
Kenneth J. Creber
Katsumi Kaneda
Russell J. Smith
Set Decoration by
Cloudia Rebar
(as Cloudia Redar)
Costume Design by
Bruce Finlayson
Makeup Department
Lon Bentley....makeup artist
Yoshie Hamada....makeup artist
Dinah Holt....makeup artist
Noriko Tomita....makeup artist
Production Management
James D. Brubaker....unit production manager
Colleen Clarke....post-production supervisor
Michael Fuller....unit manager
D. Howard Grigsby....unit production manager (as Howard Grigsby)
Shigeo Marubuchi....unit manager
Kazuo Nakamura....unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cellin Gluck....first assistant director: second unit
Cellin Gluck....second assistant director
Catherine Grennan....fourth assistant director
Kazuto Kunishige....first assistant director
Carla McCloskey....second assistant director: Los Angeles
Bruce Moriarty....first assistant director
Makoto Morishita....third assistant director
Thompson O'Sullivan....fifth assistant director
Taiichi Sugiyama....second assistant director
Masaya Takahashi....fourth assistant director
Julian Wall....second assistant director
Daniel R. Suhart....assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Daniel R. Suhart....second assistant director (uncredited)
Art Department
Jason Bedig...leadman
William J. Durrell Jr.....art director: Los Angeles
Sean Haworth....set designer
Sound Department
Peter Fenton....sound re-recording mixer
David Kelson....sound mixer
Glenn Newnham....sound editor
Paul Pirola....foley mixer
Ron Purvis....sound re-recording mixer
Terry Rodman....sound re-recording mixer
Terry Rodman....supervising sound editor
Pat Suraci....boom operator