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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Kôsuke Toyohara
- Toshi Yamashita
- (as Kosuke Toyohara)
Naoki Fujii
- Takuya Nishikawa
- (as Naoki Fuji)
Bradley Jay Lesley
- Niven
- (as Bradley Jay 'Animal' Lesley)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe rookie who pushes Tom Selleck's character off the Yankees roster was played by Frank Thomas, who went on to become one of the best MLB hitters in the 1990s. He won two MVP awards and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.
- GoofsThe American bar Max takes Jack to in Japan to meet other American players is actually a Sports Bar in Los Angeles. All of the patrons and bartenders/servers are American and all of the beer signs and posters are in English and if you look outside the window you can clearly see it's Los Angeles and not Japan.
- Quotes
Max 'Hammer' Dubois: Max Dubois. Around here they call me Hammer. Don't ask me why.
Jack Elliot: Jack Elliot.
Max 'Hammer' Dubois: Yeah. I know who you are. I've been in Japan, not dead.
- Alternate versionsThe Japanese theatrical version had three additional scenes. The first additional scene is following Jack and Hiroko's first dinner together, where she drops him off at his apartment building. The second scene is an extension of Jack and Hiroko visiting a shrine. The third has Jack and Uchiyama at a graveyard.
Featured review
You have to have lived in Japan for awhile to enjoy the beauty of this movie! I lived on Okinawa for over 2 years, and northern Honshu for 4. Believe it or not, what you see paints a very good and accurate picture of contrasting east/west mentalities, both from a sports as well as personal relationships perspective. A funny, funny, and heartwarming movie that deserves better than Americans viewing it can ever judge. 8+ out of 10!
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,883,046
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,240,375
- Oct 4, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $20,883,046
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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