Mr. Baseball (1992)

Mr. Baseball: Directed by Fred Schepisi. With Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Aya Takanashi, Dennis Haysbert. Jack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.

“A lot of the comments seem to treat this film as a baseball movie, but I feel this is only secondary. Itu0026#39;s really about living in Japan, and it really succeeds.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI spent a few years living in Japan, and I suppose the reason that this movie didnu0026#39;t do too well is that you sort of have to have experienced Japan to get it. I was watching this with a well-travelled friend whou0026#39;s never been to Japan, and he noted that many of the events in the movie were so ludicrous that they destroyed the suspension of disbelief. My reply was that those events were the absolute unvarnished truth about life in Japan!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI think that this movie is definitely worth watching, especially if youu0026#39;ve lived in Japan or are interested in it.”