The Rugby Star

The Rugby Star (1976)

ActionComedy

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.

Director: Akira Shimizu
Writers: Motohiro Torii, Shizuo Nonami.

Casts

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

Crew