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Ping Pong(Movie, 2002)

Original title: "ピンポン" (Japanese/JA)
1h 54min | Genres: Comedy, Drama
Ping PongRating: 3.6/5 (with 2525 votes)
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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About Ping Pong

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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Production country: Japan
Based on: "Ping Pong" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 07/20/2002
Director: Fumihiko Sori
Producer: Shinji Ogawa, Fumio Inoue, Shinji Ogawa
Screenwriter: Kankurō Kudō, Taiyō Matsumoto
Executive Producer: Yasushi Shiina
Film Editor: Sōichi Ueno
Director of Photography: Akira Sakō

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Other movies with this title: Ping Pong (DE, 1968), Ping Pong (GB, 1987), Ping Pong (GB, 2012), Ping Pong (TW, 2017)

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