The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

Nan
1h 32m
1978
4.667 /10 (39)

They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.

Overview

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.

Country : United States of America
Genre : Comedy
Languages : English, 日本語, Español
Released Date: 1978-06-30

Top Billed 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

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