Ping Pong is a 2002 sports film directed by the Japanese filmmaker Fumihiko Sori. It is based on TaiyM Matsumoto's manga of the same name and is about the friendship between two high school table tennis players. The film concentrates on these two friends, their two mentors, and three players who they encounter at high school table tennis tournaments. It explores the different motivations and philosophies that they have towards table tennis and tries to portray the excitement and subtlety of the sport.
Ping Pong was nominated for eight Japanese Academy Awards in 2003; Shido Nakamura won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize for his performance as Dragon.
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