The read
Audiences rate it 49 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one good year left and can the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese Central baseball league find it in him?
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes12%
Audiences rate it 49 points higher than critics do.
154 audience votes
Key crew
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Gary RossScreenplay
- Kevin WadeScreenplay
- Monte MerrickScreenplay
- Fred SchepisiDirector
- Jeffrey PriceWriter
- Peter S. SeamanWriter
Cast
- Tom SelleckJack Elliot
- Ken TakakuraUchiyama
- Aya TakanashiHiroko Uchiyama
- Toshi ShioyaYoji Nishimura
- Dennis HaysbertMax 'Hammer' Dubois
- Art LaFleurSkip
- Nicholas CasconeDoc
- Larry PennellHowie Gold
- Toshizo FujiwaraRyoh Mukai
- Kosuke ToyoharaToshi Yamashita
- Mak TakanoShinji Igarashi
- Naoki FujiTakuya Nishikawa
Stills
Themes
japanbaseball