The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $7,092,495.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 5.159 |
Directed By
John Berry
Crew
Bill Lancaster
John Berry
Michael Ritchie
Gene Polito
Kōzō Okazaki
Paul Chihara
Cheryal Kearney
John Wilkinson
William M. Andrews
Hisashi Yabe
Terry Carr
Gene S. Cantamessa
Robert Krueger
Shinichirô Sawai
Hector Guerrero
Asatomo Kyokawa
William Ross
Hisako Hanazawa
Marlin Hall
Hiroshi Kitagawa
Dennis Virkler
Carolyn H. Abe
Mike Abe
Bob Mills
Jerry Ziesmer
Terry Carr
Alan Brimfeld
Bub Asman
Bill Lancaster
Richard A. Harris
Walter Scott Herndon
TOP CAST
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
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