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Mr. Baseball

“He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!”

1992 · 1 h 48 min
Directed by Fred Schepisi · Australia · American Independent Cinema
ComedyRomanceSport

Cast

Tom Selleck Ken Takakura Aya Takanashi Dennis Haysbert Toshi Shioya Kôsuke Toyohara

Credits

Written by: Theo Pelletier

Plot

A declining American baseball star is traded to a Japanese team and must adapt to a different culture.

Sinekatalog’s take

Fred Schepisi's culture-clash comedy is pleasant, with Tom Selleck, though predictable.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.1 / 10 (13,066 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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