The Rugby Star

The Rugby Star

Movie 1976-05-15 1h 28m Action Comedy
★ 10.0 / 10 · 1 votes

The success of Truck Yaro (1975-1979) initiated a whole load of movies that put "Yaro" in their title, including this semi-bonkers sports comedy/drama. Sonny Chiba's brother Jiro Chiba stars as a Rugby player whose team must find a way to beat the opponent. It's a standard storyline without any major surprises, but works surprisingly well. Training scenes are relatively nuts; much better than the actual matches actually, which tend to go on forever. There is no sex, nudity or graphic violence, making this a family friendly affair. Sonny Chiba appears for about 7 minutes during the last third as a truck driver who comes to Jiro's rescue.

Status
Released
Studio
Toei Company
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Director
Akira Shimizu
Cast
Jirô Chiba Jirô Chiba
Koji Nanjo Koji Nanjo
Kentaro Maki Kentaro Maki
Gō Ibuki Gō Ibuki Shiro Kishibe Shiro Kishibe Rinichi Yamamoto Rinichi Yamamoto Seizō Fukumoto Seizō Fukumoto Masataka Iwao Masataka Iwao
Yōko Koizumi Yōko Koizumi
Akane Kawasaki Akane Kawasaki
Momoko Ikeda Momoko Ikeda
Yumi Katsurada Yumi Katsurada
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