Ping Pong

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Movie: Ping Pong
Romaji:
Japanese: ピンポン
Director: Fumihiko Sori
Writer: Taiyo Matsumoto (comic), Kankuro Kudo
Producer:
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Release Date: July 20, 2002
Runtime: 114 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Best friends Peco and Smile have been playing ping pong since they were little kids. While the unique and brazen Peco plays to win and loves the sport, the quiet and introverted Smile thinks of it as just a way to kill time with friends, but plays only because he looks up to Peco as his hero. And though Smile is the more talented player, he frequently and intentionally loses to Peco out of a misguided sense of friendship.

However, after Peco is badly beaten by his old pal Demon in an important inter-high school tournament and quits the game, Smile becomes the newest celebrity of ping pong. Smile begins training for the next championship, waiting for the return of his hero, whom he is destined to meet in one last match.