The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.
1978 | 92m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Berry |
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| Writer: | Bill Lancaster |
| Staring: |
| A small time promotor/hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a series of adventures and mishaps the boys come into. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 30, 1978 |
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| Director: | John Berry |
| Writer: | Bill Lancaster |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | sports, little league, baseball, kids' sports team, japan, coach |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $7,092,495
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tony Curtis | Marvin Lazar |
| Jackie Earle Haley | Kelly Leak |
| Tomisaburō Wakayama | Coach Shimizu |
| Kanji Inoki | Self |
| Hatsune Ishihara | Arika |
| George Wyner | The Network Director |
| Lonny Chapman | Louis the Gambler |
| Matthew Anton | E.R.W. Tillyard III |
| Erin Blunt | Ahmad Rahim |
| George Gonzales | Miguel Agilar |
| Brett Marx | Jimmy Feldman |
| David Pollock | Rudy Stein |
| David Stambaugh | Toby Whitewood |
| Jeffrey Louis Starr | Mike Engleberg |
| Scoody Thornton | Mustapha Rahim |
| Abraham Unger | Abe Bernstein |
| Dick Button | Self |
| Regis Philbin | Harry Hahn |
| Kinichi Hagimoto | Game Show Host |
| Hugh Gillin | Pennywall |
| Robert Sorrells | Locke |
| Sonny Barnes | Mean Bones Beaudine |
| Michael Yama | Usher |
| James Staley | Network Man #4 |
| Dick McGarvin | Network Man #3 |
| Tak Kubota | Referee |
| Jerry Ziesmer | Eddie of Network |
| Gene LeBell | Mean Bones' Manager |
| Bin Amatsu | Arika's Father |
| Dean A. Okinaka | Manager |
| Victor Toyota | Interpreter |
| Yangi Kitadani | Fight Announcer |
| Marjorie Jackson | Waitress |
| Jerry Maren | Page Boy |
| Tim P. Sullivan | Network Man #2 |
| Bob Kino | Moderator |
| Dennis Freeman | Network Man #5 |
| Kyôko Fuji | Madam |
| Ginger Martin | Director's Aide |
| Daniel Sasaki | Band Leader |
| Don Watters | Network Man #1 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Berry | Director |
| Bill Lancaster | Writer |
| Richard A. Harris | Editor |
| Walter Scott Herndon | Production Design |
| Gene Polito | Director of Photography |
| Kōzō Okazaki | Director of Photography |
| Hector Guerrero | Stunt Double |
| Paul Chihara | Original Music Composer |
| Cheryal Kearney | Set Decoration |
| Bob Mills | Makeup Artist |
| Terry Carr | Unit Production Manager |
| Alan Brimfeld | Second Assistant Director |
| Dennis Virkler | Editor |
| Gene S. Cantamessa | Sound Mixer |
| John Wilkinson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robert Krueger | Music Editor |
| William M. Andrews | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bub Asman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Carolyn H. Abe | Assistant Editor |
| Marlin Hall | Key Grip |
| Asatomo Kyokawa | Unit Manager |
| Hiroshi Kitagawa | Art Direction |
| Mike Abe | Assistant Director |
| William Ross | Unit Manager |
| Hisako Hanazawa | Hairstylist |
| Jerry Ziesmer | Assistant Director |
| Shinichirô Sawai | Dialogue Coach |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Ritchie | Producer |
| Bill Lancaster | Co-Producer |
| Terry Carr | Associate Producer |
| Hisashi Yabe | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
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