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14,601 | [
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14,602 | [
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14,603 | [
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14,604 | [
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14,605 | [
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14,606 | [
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14,607 | [
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14,608 | [
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14,609 | [
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14,610 | [
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14,611 | [
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14,612 | [
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14,613 | [
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14,614 | [
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14,615 | [
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14,616 | [
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14,617 | [
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14,618 | [
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14,619 | [
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14,621 | [
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14,622 | [
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14,623 | [
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14,624 | [
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14,625 | [
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14,626 | [
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14,627 | [
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14,628 | [
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14,629 | [
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14,630 | [
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14,631 | [
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14,632 | [
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14,633 | [
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14,634 | [
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14,635 | [
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14,636 | [
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14,637 | [
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14,638 | [
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14,639 | [
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14,640 | [
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14,641 | [
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14,642 | [
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14,643 | [
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14,644 | [
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14,645 | [
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14,646 | [
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14,647 | [
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14,648 | [
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14,649 | [
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14,650 | [
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14,651 | [
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14,652 | [
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14,653 | [
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14,654 | [
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14,655 | [
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14,656 | [
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14,657 | [
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14,658 | [
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14,659 | [
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14,660 | [
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14,661 | [
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14,662 | [
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14,663 | [
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14,664 | [
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14,665 | [
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14,666 | [
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14,667 | [
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14,668 | [
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14,669 | [
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14,670 | [
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14,671 | [
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14,672 | [
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14,673 | [
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14,674 | [
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14,675 | [
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14,676 | [
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14,677 | [
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14,678 | [
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14,679 | [
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14,680 | [
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] | 189 | 214 | After reading more than my fair share of reviews for a vast number of different movies I have noticed a certain trend, people judge to harshly on what the expected to see. I figure if you go into a movie open-minded not expecting anything certain than you will have better feelings towards it then if you try and watch b... | 1 |
14,682 | [
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] | 87 | 126 | I really liked this one. (SPOILERS??) It had a really good plot, the main female in this movie is really kewl.<br /><br />Despite the fact that she's the only one left alive and her lover dead, it seemed to be much like Ninja Scroll. Another kick ass movie. ;)<br /><br />Watch it in japanese with subtitles. I don't kno... | 1 |
14,683 | [
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] | 132 | 152 | A lot of the comments seem to treat this film as a baseball movie, but I feel this is only secondary. It's really about living in Japan, and it really succeeds.<br /><br />I spent a few years living in Japan, and I suppose the reason that this movie didn't do too well is that you sort of have to have experienced Japan ... | 1 |
14,684 | [
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] | 306 | 394 | MR. BASEBALL is a film of paradoxes. Written and filmed as a "light, sports comedy" it truly has a heartwarming core as human and universal as some of Capra's finest. At the plot level, you have the paradox of baseball, a fine old American game, as it is played in Japan - turned around, with American values cast off an... | 1 |
14,685 | [
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] | 143 | 173 | I agree with BigAlC - this movie actually prepared me for a lot of the cultural differences and practices before I went to live in Japan for a year in 1993. Tom Selleck does a fantastic job here, as always, and the movie is greatly humorous and educational. I'm a big fan of Tom Selleck's, and he blesses this part with ... | 1 |
14,686 | [
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] | 77 | 101 | 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 ... | 1 |
14,687 | [
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] | 172 | 203 | I agree with the guy above, It is so funny I understand it all, but my friends just don't get it. Go to Japan and you will see a different movie after being there. When I met my girlfriends dad, at his home in Kanagawa. I swear I felt the same as Jack,. scared, but by the end of the day it was all good, so I give this ... | 1 |
14,688 | [
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] | 129 | 154 | I liked this movie, not because Tom Selleck was in it, but because it was a good story about baseball and it also had a semi-over dramatized view of some of the issues that a BASEBALL player coming to the end of their time in Major League sports must face. I also greatly enjoyed the cultural differences in American and... | 1 |
14,689 | [
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] | 592 | 719 | Redo the Oscars from 1992, and this film might get nominated, or even win. It was SO good at capturing its era and dual cultures that it belongs in American and Japanese time capsules. If you wanted to know what living here or there was like back then, this film will show you. As an American, you'll feel like you tagge... | 1 |
14,690 | [
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] | 212 | 250 | Many believe this movie is a baseball movie. Such people are disappointed because it's about a baseball player, but the movie isn't about baseball.<br /><br />Some think this movie is a romantic comedy and are disappointed because the relationship isn't really developed. This movie is not a romantic comedy.<br /><br />... | 1 |
14,691 | [
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] | 414 | 507 | This has always been a favorite movie of mine. I've owned a VHS copy, and a couple of months ago I found a DVD release which is also part of my video collection. I also happen to be a huge baseball fan, and as part of my off-season reading, I picked up a copy of Robert Whiting's excellent book "You Gotta Have WA", that... | 1 |
14,692 | [
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] | 164 | 197 | This is an excellent, little known movie. Tom Selleck does an outstanding job of acting in this movie, with the Japanese 'Clint Eastwood'. I'd love to see if this movie has come out on DVD yet, there are some spots that clearly have been cut. Hiroku (Tom's love interest) has clearly had some parts chopped. It would be ... | 1 |
14,693 | [
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] | 171 | 197 | *Minor spoilers* I just wanted to say that for anyone who likes entertaining baseball films, this is definitely in my top three. Only Little Big League and Major League can compete with this one in my mind. I would also like to commend the writers of this film for creating such enjoyable dialogue!! Without being too sp... | 1 |
14,694 | [
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] | 109 | 135 | Not too many people seem to know about this movie. Which is too bad because I think it's pretty good. Sure it is a bit cheesy at times and may have a predictable storyline. But the presentation of the movie is pretty well done. I think the casting is good with likeable actors/characters. Tom Selleck does a good job at ... | 1 |
14,695 | [
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] | 102 | 123 | I am an Australian currently living in Japan. I saw this movie on TV here and was very impressed by the accuracy and honesty in the portrayal of Western and Japanese ideologies colliding. Whoever wrote the screenplay, and directed this film must have a good knowledge of what it's like to be a foreigner living in Japan.... | 1 |
14,696 | [
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] | 27 | 33 | I really enjoyed this movie... In My DVD collection of baseball movies... Reminded me how great the sport truly is... Whether it's here in America or Japan. | 1 |
14,697 | [
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] | 168 | 203 | An egotistic major league baseball player is forced to continue his career in Japan, he contends with a culture that is alien to him, an apparently humorless manager, an attractive Japanese woman and his own professional and social insecurities. There is a certain subtle charm that flows through Tom Selleck's performan... | 1 |
14,698 | [
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] | 232 | 293 | I am very impressed by the reviews I've read of this film - generally well-read, thoughtful and informed - obviously by people who like and think hard about films. I couldn't add a thing to the excellent reviewing job that IMDb members have already done. If I may, I'd like to correct a small but widespread misunderstan... | 1 |
14,699 | [
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] | 204 | 243 | Mr Baseball was a fun video rental with my Fiancé Susan Nauss. Susan said that she had been looking forward to seeing the movie. Ken Takakura Oda as a tough yet Honorable Manager makes sense. Ken Takakura has made so many wonderful Asian movies, I correct the one reviewer and say Takakura is still a Cinematic Presence ... | 1 |
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