The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
They never met an adult they couldn't drive crazy.
1978 · 92 min · ★ 4.8 · Comedy
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.
Directed by John Berry · Written by Bill Lancaster
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Tony Curtis Marvin Lazar -
Jackie Earle Haley Kelly Leak -
Tomisaburō Wakayama Coach Shimizu -
Kanji Inoki Self - H Hatsune Ishihara Arika
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George Wyner The Network Director -
Lonny Chapman Louis the Gambler -
Matthew Anton E.R.W. Tillyard III -
Erin Blunt Ahmad Rahim - G George Gonzales Miguel Agilar
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Brett Marx Jimmy Feldman -
David Pollock Rudy Stein
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