The Rugby Star [746178] Released: 1976-05-15 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 88 mins Popularity: 0.7146 Vote Average: 10 Vote Count: 1 Overview: 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. Cast [13] 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 Trailers Rugby Yaro trailer