The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.
1978
Rated
PG
92
minutes
Comedy, Family
Directed By:
John Berry
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.
Language
English
Release Date
June 30, 1978
Revenue
$7,092,495
Cast
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
David Pollock
Rudy Stein
David Stambaugh
Toby Whitewood
Jeffrey Louis Starr
Mike Engleberg
Scoody Thornton
Mustapha Rahim
Abraham Unger
Abe Bernstein
Dick Button
Self
Regis Philbin
Harry Hahn
Kinichi Hagimoto
Game Show Host
Hugh Gillin
Pennywall
Robert Sorrells
Locke
Sonny Barnes
Mean Bones Beaudine
Michael Yama
Usher
James Staley
Network Man #4
Dick McGarvin
Network Man #3
Tak Kubota
Referee
Jerry Ziesmer
Eddie of Network
Gene LeBell
Mean Bones' Manager
Bin Amatsu
Arika's Father
Dean A. Okinaka
Manager
Victor Toyota
Interpreter
Yangi Kitadani
Fight Announcer
Marjorie Jackson
Waitress
Jerry Maren
Page Boy
Tim P. Sullivan
Network Man #2
Bob Kino
Moderator
Dennis Freeman
Network Man #5
Kyôko Fuji
Madam
Ginger Martin
Director's Aide
Daniel Sasaki
Band Leader
Don Watters
Network Man #1
Show Full Crew
Directing
Jerry Ziesmer
Assistant Director
John Berry
Director
Alan Brimfeld
Second Assistant Director
Mike Abe
Assistant Director
Writing
Production
Michael Ritchie
Producer
Bill Lancaster
Co-Producer
Terry Carr
Associate Producer
Terry Carr
Unit Production Manager
William Ross
Unit Manager
Hisashi Yabe
Associate Producer
Asatomo Kyokawa
Unit Manager
Editing
Art
Walter Scott Herndon
Production Design
Cheryal Kearney
Set Decoration
Hiroshi Kitagawa
Art Direction
Camera
Crew
Sound
Bub Asman
Sound Effects Editor
Gene S. Cantamessa
Sound Mixer
Paul Chihara
Original Music Composer
John Wilkinson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William M. Andrews
Sound Effects Editor
Robert Krueger
Music Editor
Costume & Make-Up