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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)
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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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.
Rating:PG
Genre:Comedy
Written By:Bill Lancaster
In Theaters:6/30/1978
Box Office:$7,092,495
Runtime:92 minutes
Studio:Paramount Pictures
Cast
John Berry
Director
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
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