Gung Ho

Gung Ho (1986)

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.

Date of release
1986-03-14
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (222)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Ron Howard

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pittsburgh

Gung Ho is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton. The story portrays the takeover of an American car plant by a Japanese corporation. Gung Ho was released by Paramount Pictures on March 14, 1986. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and grossed $36,611,610 against a $13 million budget. A short-lived television series based on the film followed in December 1986.

Production

Aside from Pittsburgh and Tokyo, the film was shot at the Sevel Fiat manufacturing plant Argentina, which doubled as the Assan Motors plant. The Fiat Spazio and Regata were used as the Assan cars in the production line.

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