/4NNRDDMCZAI4UEgcQPUqRD147cw.jpg

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)

They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.

Genre : Comedy, Family

Runtime : 1H 31M

Director : John Berry

Synopsis

In this third film version of the Bad News Bears series, Tony Curtis plays a small time promotor/hustler who 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.

Actors

Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis
Marvin Lazar
Jackie Earle Haley
Jackie Earle Haley
Kelly Leak
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Coach Shimizu
Kanji Inoki
Kanji Inoki
Himself
Hatsune Ishihara
Hatsune Ishihara
Arika
George Wyner
George Wyner
the Network Director
Lonny Chapman
Lonny Chapman
Louis the Gambler
Matthew Anton
Matthew Anton
E.R.W. Tillyard III
Erin Blunt
Erin Blunt
Ahmad Rahim
George Gonzales
George Gonzales
Miguel Agilar
Brett Marx
Brett Marx
Jimmy Feldman
David Pollock
David Pollock
Rudy Stein
David Stambaugh
David Stambaugh
Toby Whitewood
Jeffrey Louis Starr
Jeffrey Louis Starr
Mike Engleberg
Scoody Thornton
Scoody Thornton
Mustapha Rahim
Abraham Unger
Abraham Unger
Abe Bernstein
Regis Philbin
Regis Philbin
Harry Hahn
Hugh Gillin
Hugh Gillin
Pennywall
Sonny Barnes
Sonny Barnes
Mean Bones Beaudine (as Clarence Barnes)
Michael Yama
Michael Yama
Usher
Gene LeBell
Gene LeBell
Mean Bones' Manager
Shô Kosugi
Shô Kosugi
Kata Demonstrator (uncredited)

Crews

John Berry
John Berry
Director
Bill Lancaster
Bill Lancaster
Writer
Michael Ritchie
Michael Ritchie
Producer
Terry Carr
Terry Carr
Associate Producer
Bill Lancaster
Bill Lancaster
Co-Producer
Hisashi Yabe
Hisashi Yabe
Associate Producer
Paul Chihara
Paul Chihara
Music
Kôzô Okazaki
Kôzô Okazaki
Cinematography
Gene Polito
Gene Polito
Cinematography
Richard A. Harris
Richard A. Harris
Editor
Dennis Virkler
Dennis Virkler
Editor
Walter Scott Herndon
Walter Scott Herndon
Production Design
Cheryal Kearney
Cheryal Kearney
Set Decoration
Hisako Hanazawa
Hisako Hanazawa
Hairstylist
Bob Mills
Bob Mills
Makeup Artist
Asatomo Kyokawa
Asatomo Kyokawa
Unit Manager
Terry Carr
Terry Carr
Unit Production Manager

Trailers and other movies

BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN 35MM TRAILER - ORIGINAL 1978

Posters and backgrounds

/4NNRDDMCZAI4UEgcQPUqRD147cw.jpg
/aG1FyJYM2aInTaQ6hBHsHtYqxI0.jpg

Similar

42
The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show.
Silence
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
Four fighters from different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in their midst.
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
Be My Slave
Dan Mitsu stars as Kana, a female employee at a publishing company who strikes up a sexual relationship with a younger co-worker. He soon discovers that Kana's fetishes extend to sadomasochistic tendencies, involving a mysterious man only known as "Sensei". This discovery will push his relationship with Kana to a new, dangerous level that he may not be ready for.
The Love Bug
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
Like Mike
Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.
The Blind Side
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Above the Rim
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Godzilla
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he saw die.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
You Only Live Twice
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
The Karate Kid
Daniel, a fatherless teenager, arrives in Los Angeles and becomes the object of bullying by a gang of karate students when he strikes up a relationship with Ali, the gang leader’s ex-girlfriend, so Daniel asks Miyagi, a master of martial arts, to help him learn karate.
Memoirs of a Geisha
A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Bloodsport
U.S. soldier Frank Dux has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent, Frank is given the opportunity to fight. But can he survive?
Kickboxer
If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.
Nacho Libre
Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
Lionheart
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.