Ping Pong
“Enter the hero!”
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
26 people
Yosuke Kubozuka
Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino
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Arata Iura
Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto
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Ryuichi "Dragon" Kazama
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Fumihiko Sori Director · Kankuro Kudo Screenplay Taiyō Matsumoto Author
United States release April 12, 2003 · Produced in Japan · Production Asmik Ace Entertainment
Production
TBS
Production
Asmik Ace Entertainment
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
ピンポン
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 20, 2002
Theatrical
United States · April 12, 2003
Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
Australia
May 6, 2008 · Physical
Czechia
January 26, 2004 · Premiere · Febio Film Festival
January 22, 2014 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
Netherlands
May 6, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Taiwan
August 16, 2026 · Premiere · Taoyuan Film Festival (2K Restoration)
United Kingdom
July 30, 2004 · Limited theatrical
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