Gung Ho (TV series)

Gung Ho
Genre	Comedy
Developed by	Edwin Blum
Directed by	Jeff Chambers Dick Martin George Sunga Art Dielhenn John Bowab Randy Carter (first assistant director)
Composer(s)	David Michael Frank
Country of origin	United states
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Rappaport
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s)	Imagine Television Four Way Productions Paramount Television
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	December 5, 1986 – February 9, 1987
Chronology
Preceded by	Gung Ho (film)

Gung Ho is an American sitcom based on the 1986 film of the same name. The series aired on ABC from December 5, 1986 until February 9, 1987. during the 1986-87 season.

Just like in the movie, the TV series follows the exploits of Hunt Stevenson (here, played by Scott Bakula as opposed to Michael Keaton in the movie), a laid-back American employee liaison of a Japanese car company in Hadleyville, Pennsylvania. Much of the humor arose from the abounding clashes between Hunt and the new Japanese plant manager, Kaz Kazuhiro (Gedde Watanabe, who was reprising his role from the movie) while looking for ways to bridge the culture gap between one another.

Besides Watanabe, many of the Japanese actors from the movie reprised their roles for the series. Clint Howard (brother of Gung Ho movie director Ron Howard) was the only Caucasian actor from the film to also appear in the TV series.

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