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Ping Pong Playa

Ping Pong Playa

Don't just win. Destroy.

20085.81h 36m

Overview

Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro basketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family, C-dub must overcome living at home, working a dead-end job and his worldly older brother, to run his Mom's ping pong classes and defend the family's athletic dynasty.

Directed by Jessica Yu
Written by Jessica Yu, Jimmy Tsai
Produced by Joan Huang, Anne Clements
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Top Cast

Jimmy Tsai

Jimmy Tsai

Christopher 'C-Dub' Wang

Andrew Vo

Andrew Vo

Felix

Khary Payton

Khary Payton

JP Money

Jim Lau

Jim Lau

Mr. Wang

Roger Fan

Roger Fan

Michael Wang

Elizabeth Sung

Elizabeth Sung

Mrs. Wang

Javin Reid

Javin Reid

Prabakar

K

Kevin Chung

William Lin

Peter Paige

Peter Paige

Gerald Harcourt

Smith Cho

Smith Cho

Jennifer

Themes & Keywords

sportswoman director

About Ping Pong Playa

Ping Pong Playa is a comedy, drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of sports, woman director. Directed by Jessica Yu, it stars Jimmy Tsai, Andrew Vo, Khary Payton. Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro basketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family, C-dub must overcome living at home, working a dead-end job and his worldly older brother, to run his Mom's ping pong classes and defend the family's athletic dynasty.

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