Gung Ho

Gung Ho

1986 · 111 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.0 (177 votes)
Dir. Ron Howard · Starring Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro, So Yamamura · Music Thomas Newman

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

ComedyDrama

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.

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A charmingly dated dramedy about cultural clashes in the workplace. It’s a feel-good story about finding common ground, despite the anxieties of unemployment and differing work ethics. Expect laughs and a touch of earnestness.

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