The Rugby Star

The Rugby Star 1976 Released

Directed by Akira Shimizu

Action, Comedy · 88 min

 

The Rugby Star 1976 Released

Directed by Akira Shimizu

Action, Comedy · 88 min

 

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... see more

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... see more

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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
May 15, 1976
COUNTRY
JP
LANGUAGE
JA
SPOKEN
Japanese
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