Prince of Tennis movie. Location: UK, Wimbledon.
Watching the Japanese representatives have fun playing practice matches was nice. It was all good until the appearance of the mysterious tennis players. Well, it was more of an attack than an appearance. Seems like the competition made their move to separate the best ones from the rest. Even Echizen had problems with returning those "real" balls. There always seems to be those who think they are above all others by using every dirty trick there is. I never knew tennis could be this dangerous LOL
At this point the movie took a detective turn with the goal of finding those responsible. The mysterious player offering his help showed exactly when needed. Isn't it nice how something like that always tends to happen is movies.. There is always a traitor / one who won't follow the rules of deceit to guide the hero towards the path of victory while secretly seeking his own revenge.
One thing is true, this movie is all about tennis practically all the time. The only absurd thing is that they played tennis everywhere except at Wimbledon. All in all it was an interesting movie and it's worth watching if for nothing else than for the final showdown between Echizen and Keith.
Genre: tournament, action, comedy, school
Theme: tennis
Plot:
Seigaku and a familiar selection of Japan's other top junior
tennis teams gather in Wimbledon, London, for a tennis tournament.
During tennis practice, the Japanese players are suddenly attacked by a
violent "street tennis" group that calls themselves "Clack". An
encounter with a former Clack member named Siu leads Ryoma and his
friends into a battle with Clack to confront its leader, Keith, and
discover his reasons for having such a violent approach to tennis.
Director: Shunsuke Tada
Screenplay: Mitsutaka Hirota
Music: Cheru Watanabe
Distributor: Shochiku Film
Duration: 87 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
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