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      The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

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

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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

      • Production Co: Paramount

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