The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Small-time promoter/hustler Marvin Lazar (Curtis) sees a potential money-making venture in the Bears that will help him to pay off his debts. After seeing a TV spot about the Bears, he decides to chaperone the baseball team for a trip to Japan in their game against the country's best little league baseball team.
As implied in Breaking Training, the Bears had to defeat the Houston Toros for a shot at the Japanese champs. In the process, the trip sparks off a series of adventures and mishaps for the boys. A subplot involves the interest of Kelly Leak (Haley) in a local Japanese girl, and the cultural divide that comes to bear in that relationship.
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
| Genre: | Comedy, Family, Sports |
| Country: | Japan, United States |
| Produced By: | Bill Lancaster, Michael Ritchie, Terry Carr, Hisashi Yabe |
| Directed By: | John Berry |
| Written By: | Bill Lancaster |
| Cast: | Hugh Gillin, Regis Philbin, Gene LeBell, George Gonzales, Bin Amatsu, Scoody Thornton, Don Watters, Lonny Chapman, Hatsune Ishihara, Erin Blunt, Robert Sorrells, Jerry Ziesmer, Michael Yama, Kyôko Fuji, Dick McGarvin, James Staley, Akira ÔIzumi, Antonio Inoki, Julie Hampton, Ari Taub, David Stambaugh, Shô Kosugi, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tony Curtis, Matthew Anton, Abraham Unger, David Pollock, Dick Button, George Wyner, Jerry Maren, Marjorie Jackson, Robert Kino, Jeffrey Louis Starr, Sonny Barnes, Kin'Ichi Hagimoto, Jackie Earle Haley, Tak Kubota, Brett Marx |
| In Theaters: | Jun 30, 1978 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 31 minutes |
| Production: | Paramount Pictures, Michael Ritchie Productions |
| Box Office: | $7,092,495 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
Followers: 0