Gung Ho

"When East meets West, the laughs shift into high gear!"

Mar 14 1986 PG-13 1h 52m
Comedy, Drama

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.

Plot

Hunt Stevenson works for a large car manufacturer that has just been bought out by a Japanese firm. Suddenly finding himself having to justify his own job, he's forced to choose between redundancy or the seemingly inhuman Japanese work ethic that the new owners have brought with them.

Written by

Edwin Blum, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Directed by

Ron Howard

Cast

Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt

Crew

View crew

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

1 win total

Trailers
Gung Ho - Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
14,860
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
48
Popularity
NA