M O V I E
The Rugby Star [746178]
Released: 1976-05-15
Genres: Action, Comedy
Revenue: unknown
Cast: 13
Popularity: 0.7601
Links: : Homepage, IMDB, TMDB
Synopsis : 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.
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  1. Rugby Yaro trailer
Jirô Chiba
Koji Nanjo
Kentaro Maki
Gō Ibuki
Shiro Kishibe
Rinichi Yamamoto
Seizō Fukumoto
Masataka Iwao
Yōko Koizumi
Akane Kawasaki
Momoko Ikeda
Yumi Katsurada
Sonny Chiba

Director

Akira Shimizu