The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
“They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.”
1978•PG•1h 32m•4.8•Released
Comedy
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.
Director
John Berry
Writer
Bill Lancaster
Revenue
$7M
Languages
Japanese, English, Spanish
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Producer
Michael Ritchie
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