The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

1978, Kids & family/Comedy, 1h 31m

16 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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Led by Marvin Lazar (Tony Curtis), their latest in a string of bumbling coaches, beleaguered Little Leaguers the Bad News Bears head to Japan to face off against coach Shimizu (Tomisaburô Wakayama) and a team of the best young baseball talents in the country. While a scheming Lazar tries to scare up big-time television money, the now-teenage Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley) falls for Arika (Hatsune Ishihara), a Japanese teenager who doesn't speak a word of English.
  • Rating:
    PG
  • Genre:
    Kids & family, Comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    John Berry
  • Producer:
    Michael Ritchie
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     original
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  • Distributor:
    Paramount Pictures

Cast & Crew

Tony Curtis
Marvin Lazar
Jackie Earle Haley
Kelly Leak
Tomisaburô Wakayama
Coach Shimizu
Hatsune Ishihara
Arika
George Wyner
the Network Director
Lonny Chapman
Louis
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
John Berry
Director
Michael Ritchie
Producer
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