Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: When East meets West, the laughs shift into high gear!
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Release Date: 1986-03-14
- Runtime: 111.0 min
- Budget: $13.0 million
- Revenue: $36.6 million
- Production Companies: Paramount
Cast & Crew
Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro, Sō Yamamura, Sab Shimono, Rick Overton, Clint Howard, Jihmi Kennedy, Michelle Johnson, Rodney Kageyama, Rance Howard, Patti Yasutake, Jerry Tondo, Dennis Sakamoto, Stan Egi, Martin Ferrero, James Ritz, Dock P. Ellis Jr.-Richard M. McNally, Jean Speegle Howard, Thomas Ikeda, Mariye Inouye, Linda Carola, Tamie Saiki, Nann Mogg, Paul C. Nolan, R. Scott Peck, Joseph Pilato, William S. Bartman, Tommy Lafitte, Jim S. Cash, Kim Chan, Bill Dalzell, Tak Kubota, Frank Seals Jr.-Maria Barney, Robert Hammond, John W. Iwanonkiw, Lynette Jenkins, Daniel Krell, Fred Lehman, Wil Masisak, Joe Shelby, Ryonosuke Shiono, Jaime Vermeulen
Synopsis – What to Expect from “Gung Ho”
Gung Ho is a classic comedy about the clash of cultures between a Japanese auto company and the small American town of Hadleyville.
The story begins with the Japanese auto company, Assan Motors, deciding to open a car factory in Hadleyville. The town’s mayor, Hunt Stevenson, is ecstatic about the prospect of new jobs for his constituents. However, the townspeople are less than enthusiastic about the Japanese takeover.
Hunt sets out to prove the town wrong and to show them that the Japanese can be just as American as anyone else. He enlists the help of his old friend, an ex-Navy Seal, to teach the Japanese workers the American way of doing things.
At first, the Japanese workers are resistant to the American way of life, but eventually they come around. The two cultures begin to merge and the townspeople start to appreciate the Japanese workers.
The movie follows the Japanese workers as they learn to be American and the townspeople as they learn to accept the Japanese workers. In the end, both cultures come together to create a successful car factory and a better understanding between the two cultures.
Gung Ho is a light-hearted comedy that celebrates the power of cultural exchange and the importance of understanding one another. It is a feel-good movie that will make you laugh, cry, and cheer.
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