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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

1978 · 92 min

A scrappy, lightweight sports comedy that coasts on kid-team chaos and culture-clash gags, pleasant but forgettable.

Directed by
John Berry
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
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.
How it feels
Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Sport, friendship, coming-of-age, class
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
John Berry
Genres
Comedy
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The Bad News Bears Collection

  1. The Bad News BearsMovie · 1976
  2. The Bad News Bears in Breaking TrainingMovie · 1977
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    John Berry
    Written by
    Bill Lancaster
    Starring
    Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Kanji Inoki, Hatsune Ishihara, George Wyner, Lonny Chapman, Matthew Anton
    Music
    Paul Chihara
    Cinematography
    Gene Polito, Kōzō Okazaki
    Runtime
    92 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    Japanese, English, Spanish

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