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Gung Ho
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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   4,551 votes
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Director:
Ron Howard
Writers:
Edwin Blum (story)
Lowell Ganz (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 March 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
When East meets West, the laughs shift into high gear!
Plot:
When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liason must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Discuss: Ron Howard, H.P. Lovecraft and 'Gung Ho'
 (From Cinematical. 26 March 2009, 4:15 PM, PDT)

Before the Oscars, They Belonged to Us, Part 1
 (From Dread Central. 24 February 2009, 3:04 AM, PST)

User Comments:
terrific, underrated movie more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Keaton ... Hunt Stevenson
Gedde Watanabe ... Oishi Kazihiro
George Wendt ... Buster

Mimi Rogers ... Audrey

John Turturro ... Willie
Sô Yamamura ... Mr. Sakamoto (as Soh Yamamura)
Sab Shimono ... Saito
Rick Overton ... Googie

Clint Howard ... Paul
Jihmi Kennedy ... Junior

Michelle Johnson ... Heather DiStefano
Rodney Kageyama ... Ito
Rance Howard ... Mayor Conrad Zwart

Patti Yasutake ... Umeki Kazihiro (as Patti Yasuiake)
Jerry Tondo ... Kazuo
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Working Class Man
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Runtime:
112 min | USA:111 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Assan is a name-play for Nissan Motors, although they are based in Yokohama, next to Tokyo more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Hunt is talking to the workers at a union rally, he strikes up memories of the "high school state title basketball game in Pittsburgh". Pennsylvania's state title in basketball is always played in Hershey. more
Quotes:
Hunt Stevenson: You're a real millie, you know that?
Kazihiro: I'm no millie!
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Movie Connections:
References High Noon (1952) more
Soundtrack:
TUFF ENUFF more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
terrific, underrated movie, 29 November 2004
9/10
Author: melrod43 from USA

This is a wonderful movie with a fun, clever story and the dynamics of culture differences and the running theme of what's important in life make this a very under-appreciated movie. Don't let the cynics of the world deter you from seeing this. Keaton has wonderful moments and I wonder at the fact that comedy is never appreciated, because actors like Keaton make going from humor to serious bits look tremendously easy. Great movie all around!

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