Ping Pong

A sports movie dares to ask: what if ping pong, but make it art? Two very different friends pursue the sport through high school, with uneven results. It's a solid, if slightly odd, coming-of-age story.

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Fumihiko Sori directed Ping Pong in 2002. See Fumihiko Sori's full filmography, where to start with Fumihiko Sori, or where to go after you've seen everything by Fumihiko Sori.

Ping Pong was released in 2002 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 114 minutes.