The Rugby Star

The Rugby Star

1976
1h 28m
10.0

10.0/10

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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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Toei Company
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title ラクビー野郎
Release Date May 15, 1976
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt7684748

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

Key Crew

Akira Shimizu
Director
Motohiro Torii
Screenplay
Shizuo Nonami
Screenplay

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