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    The Rugby Star

    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.

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    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 Shimizu

    Director

    Motohiro Torii

    Screenplay

    Shizuo Nonami

    Screenplay

    Shigeru Akatsuka

    Cinematography

    Hajime Ueshiba

    Music

    Kozo Horiike

    Editor

    Akiyasu Tawarazaka

    Assistant Director