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Ping Pong

Ping Pong

Enter the hero!

20027.01h 54m

Overview

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.

Directed by Fumihiko Sori
Written by Taiyō Matsumoto, Kankuro Kudo
Produced by Shinji Ogawa, Fumio Inoue, Sanae Suzuki
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Top Cast

Yosuke Kubozuka

Yosuke Kubozuka

Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino

Arata Iura

Arata Iura

Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto

Sam Lee

Sam Lee

Kong "China" Wenge

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Ryuichi "Dragon" Kazama

Koji Ohkura

Koji Ohkura

Manabu "Demon" Sakuma

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Butterfly Joe

Mari Natsuki

Mari Natsuki

Obaba

Suzuki Matsuo

Suzuki Matsuo

Police Officer on the Bridge

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Ota

Koen Kondo

Koen Kondo

Tako

Themes & Keywords

sportsping pongbased on mangaanime

About Ping Pong

Ping Pong is a comedy, drama film released in 2002 exploring themes of sports, ping pong, based on manga, anime. Directed by Fumihiko Sori, it stars Yosuke Kubozuka, Arata Iura, Sam Lee. 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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