this has always been a favorite movie of mine. i have owned a vhs copy and 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 and as part of my off season reading and i picked up a copy of robert whiting excellent book you gotta have wa and that profiles the ins and outs of japanese baseball and and the challenges that foreign players have encountered playing in japan. as i began to read yesterday and it made me think of this movie and because it appears the screenplay was based almost verbatim on this book. the parallels are uncanny. the jack elliot character closely resembles bob horner and an aging mlb slugger whose best days were behind him. horner teammate leon lee is also depicted in the character max hammer dubois and a veteran in the japanese league who has made his peace with the frustrations of the japanese game and and helps keeps his teammate sane. the elliot character goes through the same sequence of encounters as horner and from big fanfare signing and early success that fuels an already ravenous sports media and and the ensuing slump that spurs frustration and alienation from teammates and fans and media and and the resulting disillusionment that prompts a desire to go back home to the us. the only difference is that the movie adds such hollywood touches as a love interest and a happy ending. speaking of love interests and i am sure many viewers have come to this site (as i did) to look up the actress who played hiroko (the beautiful aya takanashi) and and what other work she has done. it only lists this movie. it turns out and based on an article i read and that the brief love scene she has with tom selleck (a foreigner) in this movie (mild by our standards  basically they kiss while he in the bath and she wearing a towel) caused such an outrage on the part of the japanese public (males in particular) that she has never been offered another role of any kind and in movies or television  essentially blackballed by the japanese movie industry. it a real shame and as she is(was) quite a talented actress in this movie. if you like this movie as much for the baseball elements and cultural differences as i did  go find a copy of you gotta have wa by robert whiting. a good read and a great companion book to this movie. 
this has always been a favorite movie of mine. i have owned a vhs copy and 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 and as part of my off season reading and i picked up a copy of robert whiting excellent book you gotta have wa and that profiles the ins and outs of japanese baseball and and the challenges that foreign players have encountered playing in japan. as i began to read yesterday and it made me think of this movie and because it appears the screenplay was based almost verbatim on this book. the parallels are uncanny. the jack elliot character closely resembles bob horner and an aging mlb slugger whose best days were behind him. horner teammate leon lee is also depicted in the character max hammer dubois and a veteran in the japanese league who has made his peace with the frustrations of the japanese game and and helps keeps his teammate sane. the elliot character goes through the same sequence of encounters as horner and from big fanfare signing and early success that fuels an already ravenous sports media and and the ensuing slump that spurs frustration and alienation from teammates and fans and media and and the resulting disillusionment that prompts a desire to go back home to the us. the only difference is that the movie adds such hollywood touches as a love interest and a happy ending. speaking of love interests and i am sure many viewers have come to this site (as i did) to look up the actress who played hiroko (the beautiful aya takanashi) and and what other work she has done. it only lists this movie. it turns out and based on an article i read and that the brief love scene she has with tom selleck (a foreigner) in this movie (mild by our standards  basically they kiss while he in the bath and she wearing a towel) caused such an outrage on the part of the japanese public (males in particular) that she has never been offered another role of any kind and in movies or television  essentially blackballed by the japanese movie industry. it a real shame and as she is(was) quite a talented actress in this movie. if you like this movie as much for the baseball elements and cultural differences as i did  go find a copy of you gotta have wa by robert whiting. a good read and a great companion book to this movie. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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