School Wars: Hero (2004)

Original title

スクール・ウォーズ　ＨＥＲＯ

Directed by

Ikuo Sekimoto

Genre

drama film, sport film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 58m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1970s Kyoto, a former rugby player becomes a teacher at a failing high school. He focuses on the rugby team, which includes the school's most troublesome students, and tries to turn the program around.

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What happens

School Wars: Hero (Japanese: スクール・ウォーズ／ＨＥＲＯ, Hepburn: Sukūru wōzu hero) 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 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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