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Wikipedia article
is a 2004 film directed by Japanese film director Ikuo Sekimoto. It is based on the 1984 to 85 TBS TV drama 'School Wars' which starred by Shinji Yamashita.
Set in the mid-1970s, the film is based on the true story of Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, a teacher and former Japanese international rugby union player, who turned-around a failing high school in Kyoto, giving special attention to the rugby team, which included the most disruptive students among its members.
Plot
Yamagami (Shei), is a teacher who formerly played for the Japanese rugby union team in the 1960s. The principal of Fushimi Daiichi Kogyo High School (Ktar Satomi), which suffers from severe discipline problems, persuades him to join his staff, in the hope that he has the strength to turn the school around.
At first, the students shout and physically attack him and the other teachers, and he becomes very depressed. But after receiving encouragement from his wife (Emi Wakui), he refuses to give up on the students, and re-doubles his efforts, winning over previously skeptical staff members. The state of the school gradually improves.
The principal appoints him the coach of the rugby team. He tries hard to persuade delinquent but strong students to join the team, first winning over Arai (Tomohisa Yuge), and later Shingo (Katsuya Kobayashi), known as the worst trouble maker in Kyoto.
The rugby team lose their first match 1120, but this experience motivates them to commit themselves fully to the team, and doing whatever it takes to become the best team. After intense training, during which the team members bond and quit their gangs, they win the 1976 Kyoto Prefecture rugby tournament.
School Wars TV series
Cast
* Shinji Yamashita as Kenji Takizawa* Nana Okada as Setsuko Takizawa
* Yu-ki Matsumura as Daisuke ki
* Hirokazu Takano as Hiroshi Okudera (Aesop)
* Hitoshi Ozawa as Ry Mizuhara
* Koichi Miura as Nobuyuki Amari
* Kazue It as Keiko Tomita
* Shingo Tsurumi as Tadashi Namura
* Isao Kuraishi as Kingo Katsumata
* Masahiko Tanimura as Keiichi Et
* Sichir Kitamura as Toshiya Okudera
* Ysuke Kond as Tatsunosuke kita
* Yoshimi Iwasaki as Kayo Yamazaki
* Taketoshi Naito as Kenz Namura
* Jir Sakagami as Kenji Uchida
* Akiko Wada as Yuko Shimoda
* Tappei Shimokawa as Shinppei Yamashiro
* Tatsuo Umemiya as Daizabur Shimoda
* Akira Nagoya as Kuniyasu Iwaku
See also
* Rugby union in Japan
References
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