Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Metacritic59/100
63 audience votes
Key crew
- Fumihiko SoriDirector
- Kankuro KudoScreenplay
- MaoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yosuke KubozukaYutaka "Peco" Hoshino
- Arata IuraMakoto "Smile" Tsukimoto
- Sam LeeKong "China" Wenge
- Shido NakamuraRyuichi "Dragon" Kazama
- Koji OhkuraManabu "Demon" Sakuma
- Naoto TakenakaButterfly Joe
- Mari NatsukiObaba
- Suzuki MatsuoPolice Officer on the Bridge
- Yoshiyoshi ArakawaOta
- Koen KondoTako
- Takahiro HiranoGomi
- Kenichi SuemitsuSanada
Stills
Themes
sportsping pongbased on mangaanime