Mr. Baseball

Mr. Baseball (1992)

Komödie

Jack Elliot spielt seit Jahren erfolgreich in der amerikanischen Major League Baseball und ist ein gutes Leben gewöhnt. Doch der Stern seines Ruhmes sinkt und Jack wird ausgetauscht durch einen jüngeren, aufstrebenden Spieler. Der Amerikaner wird nach Japan getauscht – obwohl ihm dieses Geschäft überhaupt nicht schmeckt muss er darauf eingehen. In Japan angekommen muss er sich nicht nur mit veränderten Spielregeln und seltsamen Gepflogenheiten konfrontiert sehen, selbst die Toiletten sind anders gebaut. Als amerikanischer Star gilt er als repräsentatives Zugpferd für sein Team, was Jack aber nicht kümmert. Die Trainingsmethoden nimmt er genauso wenig ernst wie Pressekonferenzen. Erst als er der Tochter seines Trainers, der hübschen Karrierefrau Hiroko, näher kommt, ändert sich seine Einstellung. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Vater absolviert er ein hartes Spezialtraining um wieder in alte Form zu kommen,

Der Regisseur: Fred Schepisi
Die Autor: Gary Ross, Kevin Wade, Monte Merrick.

Casts

	Tom Selleck as Jack Elliot
	Ken Takakura as Uchiyama
	Aya Takanashi as Hiroko Uchiyama
	塩屋俊 as Yoji Nishimura
	Dennis Haysbert as Max 'Hammer' Dubois
	Art LaFleur as Skip
	Nicholas Cascone as Doc
	Larry Pennell as Howie Gold
	Toshizo Fujiwara as Ryoh Mukai
	豊原功補 as Toshi Yamashita
	Mak Takano as Shinji Igarashi
	Naoki Fuji as Takuya Nishikawa
	森永健司 as Hiroshi Kurosawa
	Kensuke Toita as Akito Yagi
	Norihide Goto as Issei Itoi
	Joh Nishimura as Tomohiko Ohmie
	穂積隆信 as Hiroshi Nakamura
	Leon Lee as Lyle Massey
	Bradley Jay Lesley as Niven
	浜村純 as Hiroko's Grandfather
	萬代峰子 as Hiroko's Grandmother
	Shoji Ohoki as Coach Hori
	Tomoko Fujita as Hiroko's Assistant
	桜金造 as Umpire #1
	Ikuko Saitoh as Morita-san
	Hikari Takano as Commercial Director
	Tim McCarver as Tim McCarver
	Sean McDonough as Sean McDonough
	Greg Goossen as Trey
	Scott Plank as Ryan Ward
	Charles Fick as Billy Stevens
	Michael McGrady as Duane
	Frank Thomas as Rookie
	Michael Papajohn as Rick
	Rolando Rodriquez as Manuel
	Todd A. Provence as Young Ball Player
	Frank Mendoza as Player - New York
	Ken Medlock as Umpire
	Carrie Jean Yazel as Coed in Bed
	Mary Kohnert as Player's Wife
	Makoto Kuno as Japanese Sportscaster
	Michiyo Washizuka as Japanese Sportscaster
	青木伸輔 as Nikawa (Dragons Owner)
	Rinzô Suzuki as Sato (Dragons Owner)
	水島新太郎 as Uchida (Dragons)
	Nobuyuki Kariya as Uemoto (Dragons)
	神保悟志 as Tsuboi (Dragons)
	Masanao Matsuzaki as Sugita (Dragons)
	Shôtarô Kusumi as Takahashi (Dragons)
	Katsushi Yamaguchi as Kobayashi (Dragons)
	Hiro Nagae as Mutsui (Dragons)
	Yoshimi Imai as Ishimaru (Dragons)
	Cin Chi Cheng as Itami (Coach)
	Makoto Kaketa as Umpire #2
	Shogo Nakajima as Umpire #3
	Yoshiya Morita as Yashiro (Coach)
	Takao Ito as Katsura (Coach)
	Hidetaka Hoshino as Adachi (Coach)
	Kazuhiko Migita as Namiki (Dragons)
	Tsukumo Torisaka as Anzai (Dragons)
	Kazukuni Mutoh as Catcher (Giants)
	Hiroshi Masumoto as Pitcher (Giants)
	Tomohisa Shoji as 2nd Base (Giants)
	Fumio Kubo as Pitcher (Whales)
	Yasunori Itoh as Catcher (Whales)
	Nobuhiko Matsunami as Giants Manager
	Masahiro Nakane as Pitcher (Carp)
	Toshikatsu Ida as Catcher (Carp)
	Shinichiro Miura as Umpire
	Yoshio Fukazawa as Player
	Kenji Anzai as Player
	Masato Ohsumi as Player
	Youichi Monda as Player
	Shinya Kagimoto as Player
	Hirokazu Nagano as Player
	Kazuo Asahi as Player
	Yuji Inoue as Player
	Deborah Fallender as (additional voices)
	J.D. Hall as (additional voices)
	Clint Howard as (additional voices)
	Arlin Miller as (additional voices)
	Paige Pollack as (additional voices)
	Noreen Reardon as (additional voices)

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