Ping Pong (2002)
1h 54m
Running Time
July 20, 2002Release Date
Ping Pong (2002)
1h 54m
Running Time
July 20, 2002Release Date
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
Jirô Satô
Staff Member
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 20, 2002
Original Nameピンポン
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 54m
Genres
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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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