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71% Critic Match
Ping Pong
“Enter the hero!”
7.1 / 10• 2002• 1h 54m•NR• Japanese
ComedyDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Yosuke Kubozuka
Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fumihiko Sori's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ping Pong is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
