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48% Critic Match
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
“They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.”
4.8 / 10• 1978• 1h 32m•PG• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Tony Curtis
Marvin Lazar
Lead
Jackie Earle Haley
Kelly Leak
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Coach Shimizu
Kanji Inoki
Self
HI
Hatsune Ishihara
Arika
George Wyner
The Network Director
Lonny Chapman
Louis the Gambler
Matthew Anton
E.R.W. Tillyard III
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Berry's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Bad News Bears Go to Japan is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
