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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
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Directed By
John Berry
Written By
Bill Lancaster
written by
Cast
Tony Curtis
Marvin Lazar
Jackie Earle Haley
Kelly Leak
Tomisaburô Wakayama
Coach Shimizu
Antonio Inoki
Wrestler Antonio Inoki
Hatsune Ishihara
Arika
George Wyner
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
Dick Button
Dick Button
Regis Philbin
Harry Hahn
Kin'ichi Hagimoto
Game Show Host
Hugh Gillin
Pennywall
Robert Sorrells
Locke
Sonny Barnes
Mean Bones Beaudine
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
Robert Kino
Moderator
Dennis Freeman
Network Man #5
Kyôko Fuji
Madam
Ginger Martin
Director's Aide
Daniel Sasaki
Band Leader
Don Watters
Network Man #1
Scott Atkins
Jason
Fumio Demura
Man
Fred Fisher
Restaurant Patron
Sig Frohlich
Reporter
Julie Hampton
Dancing Woman
Dan Ikeda
Game show judge Dan Ikeda
Shô Kosugi
Kata Demonstrator
Takiko Mizunoe
Game show judge Takiko Mizunoe
Norman Palmer
Reporter
George Sasaki
Demonstration Spectator
Sumito Tachikawa
Game show judge Sumito Tachikawa
Ari Taub
Left Fielder
Akira Ôizumi
Second Baseman
Produced By
Terry Carr
associate producer
Bill Lancaster
co-producer
Michael Ritchie
producer
Hisashi Yabe
associate producer: Japan
Music
Paul Chihara
Cinematography
Kôzô Okazaki
Cinematographer
Gene Polito
Cinematographer
Sound
William M. Andrews
sound effects editor
Bub Asman
sound effects editor
Gene S. Cantamessa
sound mixer
John Wilkinson
re-recording mixer
Raul A. Bruce
boom operator
Editing
Richard A. Harris
Dennis Virkler
Production Design
Walter Scott Herndon
Set Design
Cheryal Kearney
Makeup
Hisako Hanazawa
hair stylist: Japanese Crew
Bob Mills
makeup artist
Assistant Director
Mike Abe
assistant director: Japan
Alan Brimfeld
second assistant director
Jerry Ziesmer
assistant director
Production Management
Terry Carr
unit production manager
Asatomo Kyokawa
unit manager: Japan
William Ross
unit manager: Japan
Lindsley Parsons Jr.
executive production manager: Paramount
Art Department
Hiroshi Kitagawa
art director: Japan
Mike Miner
property master
Stunts
Hector Guerrero
stunt double
Editorial
Carolyn H. Abe
assistant film editor
Mike Sowa
digital colorist
Other
Takashi Arakawa
baseball advisor: Japanese Crew
Michie Ross
interpreter: Japanese Crew
Shin'ichirô Sawai
dialogue coach: Japanese Crew
Naofumi Okamoto
production coordinator
Christopher Raphael
product placement
Music Department
Paul Chihara
music adaptor
Robert Krueger
music editor
Michael Melvoin
music arranger: songs
Malcolm McNab
musician: trumpet
Louise Di Tullio
musician: flute
Costume Department
Nancy Martinelli
wardrobe
Thomas Welsh
wardrobe
Camera Department
Marlin Hall
key grip
Kôzô Okazaki
director of photography: Japan
Gene Polito
director of photography: USA
Tony Rivetti
first assistant camera: "a"camera, steadicam
Richard Walden
first assistant camera
Location Management
Charlotte Dreiman
location liaison: Japan
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