Cast & Crew

Directed by

John Berry

Writing Credits

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
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 by

Paul Chihara

Cinematography by

Kôzô Okazaki
(Japan)
Gene Polito
(USA)

Editing by

Richard A. Harris
Dennis Virkler

Production Design by

Walter Scott Herndon

Set Decoration by

Cheryal Kearney

Makeup Department

Hisako Hanazawa
hair stylist: Japanese Crew
Bob Mills
makeup artist (as Robert Mills)

Production Management

Terry Carr
unit production manager
Asatomo Kyokawa
unit manager: Japan
William Ross
unit manager: Japan (as Bill Ross)
Lindsley Parsons Jr.
executive production manager: Paramount (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Mike Abe
assistant director: Japan
Alan Brimfeld
second assistant director (as Alan Brimfield)
Jerry Ziesmer
assistant director

Art Department

Hiroshi Kitagawa
art director: Japan
Mike Miner
property master

Sound Department

William M. Andrews
sound effects editor (as Bill Andrews)
Bub Asman
sound effects editor (as Henry Asman)
Gene S. Cantamessa
sound mixer (as Gene Cantamesa)
John Wilkinson
re-recording mixer (as John K. Wilkinson)
Raul A. Bruce
boom operator (uncredited)

Stunts

Hector Guerrero
stunt double

Camera and Electrical 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 (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Nancy Martinelli
wardrobe
Thomas Welsh
wardrobe (as Tommy Welsh)

Editorial Department

Carolyn H. Abe
assistant film editor
Mike Sowa
digital colorist

Location Management

Charlotte Dreiman
location liaison: Japan

Music Department

Paul Chihara
music adaptor
Robert Krueger
music editor
Michael Melvoin
music arranger: songs (as Mike Melvoin)
Malcolm McNab
musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio
musician: flute (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Takashi Arakawa
baseball advisor: Japanese Crew
Michie Ross
interpreter: Japanese Crew
Shin'ichirô Sawai
dialogue coach: Japanese Crew (as Shinichiro Sawai)
Naofumi Okamoto
production coordinator (uncredited)
Christopher Raphael
product placement (uncredited)
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