The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)

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Filling the shoes occupied by Walter Matthau in the Bad News Bears and William Devane in The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Tony Curtis takes on the role of the teams newest coach in this, the third installment in the series. Jackie Earle Haley returns as Kelly Leak, the Bears' star player, as the team ventures to the other side of the world to face off against the best little league team in Japan. While there, the Bears find their way into mischief and Kelly finds love with a local girl. Though this was the last entry in the film series a television series followed a year later. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Starring:: Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, (more)

Director(s):: John Berry

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: PG

Format(s):: DVD
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Synopsis of The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 92 mins

Complete Cast of The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

Tony Curtis - Marvin Lazar
Tomisaburo Wakayama - Coach Shimizu
George Wyner - Network Director
Chris Barnes
Erin Blunt - Ahmad Rahim
Brett Marx - Jimmy Feldman
David Stambaugh - Toby Whitewood
Scoody Thornton - Mustapha Rahim
Robert Sorrells - Locke
Tak Kubota - Referee
Hugh Gillin - Pennywall
James Staley - Network Man #4
Don Watters - Network Man #1
Gene Lebell - Mean Bones' Manager

Jackie Earle Haley - Kelly Leak
Hatsune Ishihara - Arika
Lonny Chapman - Louis the Gambler
Mathew Douglas Anton - E.R.W. Tillyard III
George Gonzales - Miguel Aguilar
David Pollock - Rudy Stein
Jeffrey Louis Starr - Mike Engleberg
Dick Button - Himself
Jerry Maren - Page Boy
Jerry Ziesmer - Eddie of Network
Dick McGarvin - Network Man #3
Michael Yama - Usher
Regis Philbin - Harry Hahm

Director(s):: John Berry

Writer(s):: Bill Lancaster

Producer(s):: Terry Carr, Michael Ritchie

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: PG(Adult Language, Questionable for Children)

Categories:: Comedy

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	Kurt H.

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Even if you are the type who likes to watch complete movie series, do not waste your time on this piece of trash-sequel. This movie has very little to do with baseball! The directing and general storyline makes absolutely no sense at all. There are times in this movie that I just didn't understand what the director was thinking. I thought Blair Witch II was the worst sequel ever....Bad News Bears Go to Japan may be worse!

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