The Brighton Miracle (2019)
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.
- Released
- 2019-10-29
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Max Mannix
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 8 votes
Cast
- Temuera Morrison as Eddie Jones
- Lasarus Ratuere as Michael Leitch
- Sumire as Satomi Leitch
- Masa Yamaguchi as JR
- Youki Kudoh as Nellie Jones
- Yutaka Izumihara as Ayumi Goromaru
- Kei Kudo as Toshiaki Hirose
- Motoki Kobayashi as Hidenori
- Erich Chikashi Linzbichler as Murai
- Akira Bradley as Shimada
- Eddie Jones as Himself
- Michael Leitch as Himself