Truck-Yarou No.8 Ichibanboshi Boukyouichibanboshi

Plastic kit of a Japanese Truck-Yarou No.8 Ichibanboshi Boukyouichibanboshi

• 1:32 scale
• Approximately 40 differently colored plastic injection-molded parts
• many chrome parts
• clear and colored transparent parts
• vinyl tires
• The cargo bed is selectable between closed body and realistic open body.
• The panel illustrations are also selectable between paper stickers and decals.
• multi-language instructions
• unbuilt, unpainted
• Paint and glue not included

Truck Yarō (トラック野郎, Torakku Yarō; lit. "Truck Guys" or "Truck Rascals") is a series of ten Japanese action comedy films produced by Toei and released from 1975 to 1979. All ten films in the series were directed by Norifumi Suzuki and starred Bunta Sugawara as Momojiro Hoshi ("Ichibanboshi" or "first star") and Kinya Aikawa as Kinzo Matsushita, also known as "Jonathan". The title Torakku Yaro means "truck guys" or "truck rascals", and the films involve two truckers and their various escapades as they travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks.

The plot formula is similar to the Otoko wa Tsurai yo films. Each time Momojiro falls in love with a woman (the "Madonna") and then ends up having to help her romance with another man. The stories end with Momojiro having to race his truck to meet a deadline to rejoin the couple.
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These films sparked the "dekotora" boom in Japan – the art of decorating trucks with copious amounts of chrome, neon lights, and elaborate paintings. This model perfectly captures the distinctive "boukyou" (homesickness) style of the eighth film.