# Ping Pong (2002)

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**Original title**: *ピンポン*
**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Fumihiko Sori
**Written by**: Kankuro Kudo
**Starring**: Yosuke Kubozuka, Arata Iura, Sam Lee, Shido Nakamura, Koji Ohkura, Naoto Takenaka

> *Enter the hero!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful, tender

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