Ping Pong (2002)
1h 54m
Running Time
July 20, 2002Release Date
Ping Pong (2002)
1h 54m
Running Time
July 20, 2002Release Date
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.
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Cast & Crew.

Yosuke Kubozuka
Yutaka 'Peco' Hoshino

Arata Iura
Makoto 'Smile' Tsukimoto

Sam Lee
Kong 'China' Wenge

Shido Nakamura
Ryuichi 'Dragon' Kazama

Koji Ohkura
Manabu 'Demon' Sakuma

Naoto Takenaka
Butterfly Joe

Mari Natsuki
Obaba

Suzuki Matsuo
Police Officer on the Bridge

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Ota

Koen Kondo
Tako

Takahiro Hirano
Gomi

Kaei Okina
Coach for Chinese Player

Asumi Miwa
Muuko

Kanji Tsuda
Arcade Couple

Erika Mabuchi
Arcade Couple

Takahiro Hirano
Actor

Shinji Yamashita
Player's Father

Mako Ishino
Player's Mother

Shota Sometani
Boy

Ryuichi Ohura
College Couple

Chie Tanaka
College Couple

Sanae Suzuki
Producer

Yuri Mizutani
Hattori Mako

Jiro Sato
Staff Member
Media.


Details.
Release DateJuly 20, 2002
Original Nameピンポン
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 54m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
ping pong
sport
based on manga
anime
Wiki.
Ping Pong (ピンポン, Pin Pon) is a 2002 Japanese sports film directed by Fumihiko Sori. It is based on Taiyō Matsumoto's manga series of the same name and is about the friendship between two high school table tennis players. The film concentrates on these two friends, their two mentors, and three players who they encounter at high school table tennis tournaments. It explores the different motivations and philosophies that they have towards table tennis and tries to portray the excitement and subtlety of the sport.
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