Film

The Rugby Star

1976 · 1h 28m · Action · Comedy

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.

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

• Akira ShimizuDirector
• Motohiro ToriiScreenplay
• Shizuo NonamiScreenplay
• Kozo HoriikeEditor

Rugby Yaro trailer

Release date

May 15, 1976

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Action, Comedy