The Brighton Miracle

Oct 29, 2019

1h 23m

★ 6.7

Overview

Inspired by true events, the story begins with Japanese rugby officials dwelling on a humiliating anniversary, a 145-17 defeat by the New Zealand All Blacks in the 1995 World Cup. Officials question their decision to appoint Eddie Jones, to coach their national team for the 2015 World Cup. Jones plans to defy convention in order to put a stop to Japan being the laughing stock of world rugby.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Eastpool Films

Shogun Productions

Syn Entertainment

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Cast

Eddie Jones

Temuera Morrison

Michael Leitch

Lasarus Ratuere

Satomi Leitch

Sumire

Masa Yamaguchi

Nellie Jones

Youki Kudoh

Ayumi Goromaru

Yutaka Izumihara

Toshiaki Hirose

Kei Kudo

Hidenori

Motoki Kobayashi

Murai

Erich Chikashi Linzbichler

Shimada

Akira Bradley

Himself

Eddie Jones

Himself

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