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Official Website: www.pingpong-movie.net
"the movie has some of the feel of a good graphic novel and offers a
lot of Japanese pop pleasures as well." —Chicago Tribune
Based on the bestselling comic. Table Tennis to the extreme!
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.
Creators:
Based on a manga by Taiyo Matsumoto
Director: Fumihiko Sori
Cast: Yosuke Kubozuka, Arata, Sam Lee, Shidou Nakamura, Keiji Ohkura
Official Selection:
New York Asian Film Festival
Montreal Fantasia Film Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival
And more!
PING PONG DVD now available here.
©2002 "PING PONG" Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.
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