The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
“They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.”
Synopsis
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.
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Principal cast & crew: 19
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Edited by Richard A HarrisShot by Kozo OkazakiScored by Paul ChiharaDesigned by Walter Scott Herndon
Box Office
1978 · Box office
Grossed $7.1M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$7.1M
Also known as
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Cast & Crew
19 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tony Curtis
as Marvin Lazar
Jackie Earle Haley
as Kelly Leak
Tomisaburo Wakayama
as Coach Shimizu
Antonio Inoki
as Wrestler Antonio Inoki
Hatsune Ishihara
as Arika
George Wyner
as Network Director
Lonny Chapman
as Louis the Gambler
Matthew Anton
as E.R.W. Tillyard III
Erin Blunt
as Ahmad Rahim
George Gonzales
as Miguel Agilar
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1Producers
1Other crew
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