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The Rugby Star
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1h 28m
AI Analysis
The Rugby Star (1976) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Rugby Star (1976) — a movie tagged as Action and Comedy with funny moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 … Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~88 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Rugby Star 100% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1976-05-15
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- TMDB rating
- 10.0
- TMDB ID
- 746178
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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 R... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie The Rugby Star?
The official runtime for The Rugby Star is approximately 88 minutes.
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