The Rugby Star backdrop
The Rugby Star poster
Trailer
The Rugby Star
10.0
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1h 28m
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1976
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Released
Overview
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.

Cast
Jirô Chiba poster
Jirô Chiba
Koji Nanjo poster
Koji Nanjo
Kentaro Maki poster
Kentaro Maki
Gō Ibuki poster
Gō Ibuki
Shiro Kishibe poster
Shiro Kishibe
Rinichi Yamamoto poster
Rinichi Yamamoto
Seizō Fukumoto poster
Seizō Fukumoto
Masataka Iwao poster
Masataka Iwao
Yōko Koizumi poster
Yōko Koizumi
Akane Kawasaki poster
Akane Kawasaki
Momoko Ikeda poster
Momoko Ikeda
Yumi Katsurada poster
Yumi Katsurada
Sonny Chiba poster
Sonny Chiba

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