07 Feb 1997
The Beautician and the Beast
A New York City beautician is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.
Gung Ho
When East meets West, the laughs shift into high gear!
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.
Top Billed Cast
Michael Keaton Hunt Stevenson
Gedde Watanabe Oishi Kazihiro
George Wendt Buster
Mimi Rogers Audrey
John Turturro Willie
山村聰 Mr. Sakamoto
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
Jerry Tondo Kazuo
Dennis Sakamoto Matsumura
Stan Egi Kenji
Martin Ferrero Crandall
James Ritz Tony
Dock P. Ellis Jr. Luke
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