Ping Pong (2002)
Original title: ピンポン
Ping Pong is a 2002 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Fumihiko Sori, with a running time of 1h 54m. It stars Yosuke Kubozuka, Arata Iura and 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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Cast
- Yosuke Kubozuka as Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino
- Arata Iura as Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto
- Sam Lee as Kong "China" Wenge
- Shido Nakamura as Ryuichi "Dragon" Kazama
- Koji Ohkura as Manabu "Demon" Sakuma
- Naoto Takenaka as Butterfly Joe
- Mari Natsuki as Obaba
- Suzuki Matsuo as Police Officer on the Bridge
- Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Ota
- Koen Kondo as Tako
- Takahiro Hirano as Gomi
- Kaei Okina as Coach for Chinese Player