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THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN (1978)
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Small-time promoter/hustler Marvin Lazar (Tony 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 match 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 Kelly Leak's interest in a local Japanese girl, and the cultural divide that comes to bear in that relationship.
About half of the original or "classic" lineup of Bears players return (players Jose Agilar, Alfred Ogilvie, Timmy Lupus and Tanner Boyle are not featured). Three new players are featured: E.R.W. Tillyard III, Abe Bernstein and Ahmad's younger brother, Mustapha Rahim.
Small-time promoter/hustler Marvin Lazar (Tony 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 match 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 Kelly Leak's interest in a local Japanese girl, and the cultural divide that comes to bear in that relationship.
About half of the original or "classic" lineup of Bears players return (players Jose Agilar, Alfred Ogilvie, Timmy Lupus and Tanner Boyle are not featured). Three new players are featured: E.R.W. Tillyard III, Abe Bernstein and Ahmad's younger brother, Mustapha Rahim.
Directed by
John Berry
Writing credits
Bill Lancaster(written by)
Cast
Tony Curtis...Marvin Lazar
Jackie Earle Haley...Kelly Leak
Tomisaburô Wakayama...Coach Shimizu
Antonio Inoki...Himself
Hatsune Ishihara...Arika
George Wyner...the Network Director
Lonny Chapman...Louis the Gambler
Matthew Anton...E.R.W. Tillyard III (as Matthew Douglas Anton)
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...Himself
Regis Philbin...Harry Hahn
Kinichi Hagimoto...Game Show Host
Hugh Gillin...Pennywall
Robert Sorrells...Locke
Sonny Barnes...Mean Bones Beaudine (as Clarence Barnes)
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 (as Kyoko Fuji)
Ginger Martin...Director's Aide
Daniel Sasaki...Band Leader
Don Watters...Network Man #1
Julie Hampton...Dancing Woman (uncredited)
Shô Kosugi..Kata Demonstrator (uncredited)
Ari Taub...Left Fielder (uncredited)
Akira Ôizumi...Second Baseman (uncredited)
Produced by
Terry Carr....associate producer
Bill Lancaster....co-producer
Michael Ritchie....producer
Hisashi Yabe....associate producer: Japan
Original Music by
Paul Chihara
Film Editing by
Richard A. Harris
Dennis Virkler
Production Design by
Walter Scott Herndon
Set Decoration by
Cheryal Kearney
Makeup Department
Hisako Hanazawi....hair stylist:
Japanese Crew (as Hisako Hanazawa)
Bob Mills....makeup artist (as Robert Mills)
Production Management
Terry Carr....unit production manager
Asatomo Kyokawa....unit manager: Japan
William Ross....unit manager: Japan (as Bill Ross)
Lindsley Parsons Jr.....executive production manager: Paramount (uncredited)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Abe....assistant director: Japan
Alan Brimfeld....second assistant director (as Alan Brimfield)
Jerry Ziesmer....assistant director
Art Department
Hiroshi Kitagawa....art director: Japan
Mike Miner....property master
Sound Department
William Andrews....sound effects editor (as Bill Andrews)
Bub Asman....sound effects editor (as Henry Asman)
Gene S. Cantamessa....sound mixer (as Gene Cantamesa)
John Wilkinson....sound re-recording mixer (as John K. Wilkinson)
Raul A. Bruce....boom operator (uncredited)
John Berry
Writing credits
Bill Lancaster(written by)
Cast
Tony Curtis...Marvin Lazar
Jackie Earle Haley...Kelly Leak
Tomisaburô Wakayama...Coach Shimizu
Antonio Inoki...Himself
Hatsune Ishihara...Arika
George Wyner...the Network Director
Lonny Chapman...Louis the Gambler
Matthew Anton...E.R.W. Tillyard III (as Matthew Douglas Anton)
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...Himself
Regis Philbin...Harry Hahn
Kinichi Hagimoto...Game Show Host
Hugh Gillin...Pennywall
Robert Sorrells...Locke
Sonny Barnes...Mean Bones Beaudine (as Clarence Barnes)
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 (as Kyoko Fuji)
Ginger Martin...Director's Aide
Daniel Sasaki...Band Leader
Don Watters...Network Man #1
Julie Hampton...Dancing Woman (uncredited)
Shô Kosugi..Kata Demonstrator (uncredited)
Ari Taub...Left Fielder (uncredited)
Akira Ôizumi...Second Baseman (uncredited)
Produced by
Terry Carr....associate producer
Bill Lancaster....co-producer
Michael Ritchie....producer
Hisashi Yabe....associate producer: Japan
Original Music by
Paul Chihara
Film Editing by
Richard A. Harris
Dennis Virkler
Production Design by
Walter Scott Herndon
Set Decoration by
Cheryal Kearney
Makeup Department
Hisako Hanazawi....hair stylist:
Japanese Crew (as Hisako Hanazawa)
Bob Mills....makeup artist (as Robert Mills)
Production Management
Terry Carr....unit production manager
Asatomo Kyokawa....unit manager: Japan
William Ross....unit manager: Japan (as Bill Ross)
Lindsley Parsons Jr.....executive production manager: Paramount (uncredited)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Abe....assistant director: Japan
Alan Brimfeld....second assistant director (as Alan Brimfield)
Jerry Ziesmer....assistant director
Art Department
Hiroshi Kitagawa....art director: Japan
Mike Miner....property master
Sound Department
William Andrews....sound effects editor (as Bill Andrews)
Bub Asman....sound effects editor (as Henry Asman)
Gene S. Cantamessa....sound mixer (as Gene Cantamesa)
John Wilkinson....sound re-recording mixer (as John K. Wilkinson)
Raul A. Bruce....boom operator (uncredited)