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Ping Pong

Ping Pong

Enter the hero!

2002•1h 54m•7.1/10
ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.1/10(63)

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

TBS, Asmik Ace Entertainment

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Yosuke Kubozuka

Yosuke Kubozuka

Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino

Arata Iura

Arata Iura

Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto

Sam Lee

Sam Lee

Kong "China" Wenge

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Ryuichi "Dragon" Kazama

Koji Ohkura

Koji Ohkura

Manabu "Demon" Sakuma

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Butterfly Joe

Mari Natsuki

Mari Natsuki

Obaba

Suzuki Matsuo

Suzuki Matsuo

Police Officer on the Bridge

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Ota

Koen Kondo

Koen Kondo

Tako

Takahiro Hirano

Gomi

Kaei Okina

Kaei Okina

Coach for Chinese Player

Asumi Miwa

Asumi Miwa

Muuko

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Arcade Couple

Erika Mabuchi

Erika Mabuchi

Arcade Couple

Shinji Yamashita

Player's Father

Mako Ishino

Mako Ishino

Player's Mother

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Boy

Ryuichi Ohura

Ryuichi Ohura

College Couple

Chie Tanaka

Chie Tanaka

College Couple

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