The Prince of Tennis (film)

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The Prince of Tennis
Directed by Yuichi Abe
Starring Hongo Kanata
Yuu Shirota
Music by Taro Iwashiro
Distributed by Shochiku Films
Release date(s) May 13, 2006 (JPN)
Language Japanese

The Prince of Tennis (テニスの王子様 Tennis no Ōjisama?) live-action movie is adapted from the The Prince of Tennis manga series. It condenses the storyline from when the audience is first introduced to Ryoma to the Hyotei arc. The film was directed by Yuichi Abe and was released in Japan on May 13, 2006.

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[edit] Synopsis

Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy, attends Seishun Academy Middle School (Seishun Gakuen), or Seigaku in short, a school famous for its strong tennis club and talented players. Ryoma quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen shortly after entrance to secure himself a spot on the regulars team.

[edit] Plot

Further information: The Prince of Tennis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Twelve year old Ryoma Echizen is the tennis prodigy from America who has the personal history of winning 4 successive victories at the American Junior Tennis tournaments. His father, Nanjiroh Echizen, a tennis player of legendary status, recalls Ryoma back to Japan to attend the distinguished school of Seishun Academy Middle School. Ryoma, a first year, has his eyes set on being on the regulars team of the tennis club, which the school is famous for.

The members of the Seigaku regulars team include Kunimitsu Tezuka, the captain of the tennis club, whose ranking is that on the National's level. The vice-captain, Syuichirou Oishi, who has a calm and rational sense of playing sense, compliments the acrobatic plays of his double's partner, Eiji Kikumaru; making them the Golden Pair. Third year, Shusuke Fuji, a formidable player, is known for his tactical skill on the tennis courts. Then there's Sadaharu Inui, whose tennis style relies on what he calls, "data tennis" and Takashi Kawamura whose personality instantly changes when he grabs his tennis racket. While second years Takeshi Momoshiro, known for his power plays and Kaoru Kaido, whose perseverance is daunting, round off the Seigaku regulars team.

Ryoma arrives in time for the monthly campus ranking tournament, but at first, due to his young age and his cool attitude, some club members do not take him seriously; however, during the ranking tournament, Ryoma is quick to prove his skill and become the only first year on the regulars team, just in time for the regional preliminary rounds.

Then, there's the lone girl who watches Ryoma from the audience. Her name is Shioin Higaki, whose parents had died in accident. She is mute due to traumatic shock of her past. She first meets Ryoma when he helps her on the train from loud group of High School boys.

While in a crucial match against Fudomine Middle School during the regionals, Ryoma injures his eye by accident, but his determination to finish the match helps bring victory to Seigaku as they can advance to the Kanto conference as regional champions.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

Role Actor
Ryoma Echizen Kanata Hongo
Kunimitsu Tezuka Yuu Shirota
Syuichirou Oishi Hiroki Suzuki
Shusuke Fuji Hiroki Aiba
Eiji Kikumaru Osamu Adachi
Sadaharu Inui Hirofumi Araki
Takashi Kawamura Yoshikazu Kotani
Takeshi Momoshiro Masaki Kaji
Kaoru Kaidoh Kousuke Kujirai
Keigo Atobe Ryuuji Sainei
Egate Mcleod Higaki RIKIYA
Yuushi Oshitari Daiki Nakae
Ryoh Shishido Junpei Suzuki
Choutarou Ohtori Koji Date
Gakuto Mukahi Tokio Emoto
Jiroh Akutagawa Genki Ishii
Munehiro Kabaji Kazutoshi Yamakawa
Nanjiroh Echizen Goro Kishitani
Sumire Ryuzaki Hitomi Shimatani
Shinji Ibu Yasuka Saitou
Akira Kamio Yuuki Fujiwara
Genichirou Sanada Eiji Moriyama
Renji Yanagi Mamoru Miyano
Kintarou Tooyama Masato Wada
Shioin Higaki Sayuri Iwata
Aoi Kentarou Daiki Sano
Hikaru Amane JURI
Masaya Sakurai Shun Takagi
Sasabe Mitsuyoshi Shinoda
Sasabe's friend #1 Kenta Kamakari
Sasabe's friend #2 Takashi Nagayama
Referee Yusuke Ishibashi
Bystander Ruito Aoyagi
Bystander Takumi Saito
Bystander Ryou Washimi
Bystander YOH
Cover of the film's OST
Cover of the film's OST

[edit] The Making Of

Prior to the movie's release at the Japanese box office, a Prince of Tennis Navigate (or Making Of) DVD was released for fans to purchase. Navigate DVD

[edit] Original Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by Taro Iwashiro and was released in Japan on May 12th, 2006. It also features music from the group, Yellow Cherry.
The track listing is as follows:

  1. Mada Mada Dane (まだまだだね?)
  2. Ryoma VS Kaidou (リョーマVS海堂?)
  3. Soko made da (そこまでだ?)
  4. Ano Ko wa Samurai Jr. (あの子は侍Jr.?)
  5. Seigaku Ranking Ikusa (青学ランキング戦?)
  6. Chiku Yosen (地区予選?)
  7. Ryoma VS Ibu (リョーマVS伊武?)
  8. Hyoutei Fight (氷帝ファイト?)
  9. Echizen Omae wa Tashika ni Tsuyoi (越前お前は確かに強い?)
  10. Ryoma no Omoi (リョーマの思い?)
  11. Higaki Toujou (檜垣登場?)
  12. Oboete Okeyo (覚えておけよ?)
  13. Kantou Taikai (関東大会?)
  14. Oishi, Kikumaru VS Oshitari, Mukahi (Acrobat Shoubu) (大石・菊丸VS忍足・向日(アクロバット勝負)?)
  15. Inui, Kaidou VS Ootori, Shishido (Data & Tairyoku Shoubu) (乾・海堂VS鳳・宍戸(データ&体力勝負)?)
  16. Kawamura VS Kabaji (Power Shoubu) (河村VS樺地(パワー勝負)?)
  17. Kono Racket Tsukawasete Morauyo (このラケット使わせてもらうよ?)
  18. Fuji VS Akutagawa (Tensai! Fuji) (不二VS芥川(天才!不二)?)
  19. Tezuka Shutsujin (手塚出陣?)
  20. Tezuka Zone (手塚ゾーン?)
  21. Atobe Hametsu e no Rondo
  22. Tezuka no Omoi
  23. ORE wa Makenai
  24. Ryoma Shutsujin
  25. Ryoma VS Higaki

[edit] Alterations from the Anime/Manga

The movie is a condensed version of the manga and anime series, thus a lot of the events that happen are condensed and characters were changed.

  • For instance, the character of Sumire Ryuzaki's age was changed so that instead of being a grandmother (and Nanjiroh's junior middle school coach), she became a year younger than Nanjiroh and became a former junior middle school student with him.
  • In the movie, the character of Wakashi Hiyoshi from the Hyotei school was replaced by Egate Mcleod Higaki, whereas in the manga/anime, there was no Egate Mcleod Higaki, he was created as an original character for the movie.
  • Similarly, Egate Mcleod Higaki's sister, Shioin Higaki, is also an original character that was not in the manga/anime series. Her purpose in the movie is to pretty much serve as the anime/manga character, Sakuno Ryuzaki.
  • In the movie, the Oishi/Kikumaru pair takes on the Oshitari/Mukahi pair, while originally it was the Momoshiro/Kikumaru pair who did so. Additionally, they lose and the Inui/Kaidoh pair win for Seigaku, while in the manga the opposite happened.
  • The entire prefectural tournament, along with the matches against St. Rudolph and Yamabuki, are skipped over.

[edit] Trivia

  • Only the 2nd Seigaku cast from The Prince of Tennis Musicals kept their respective roles for this movie, with the exception of Kotarou Yanagi, who played Ryoma in the musicals.
  • As well, Koji Date was the only The Prince of Tennis Musicals actor from the 2nd Hyotei cast to reprise his role as Choutarou Ohtori.
  • Everyone else was completely recast.
  • The role of Ryoma Echizen was recasted so that instead of having Kotarou Yanagi reprise his role from the musicals for the movie, Kanata Hongo was cast to better portray Ryoma as Hongo, 15, was closer to the age of Ryoma (12) while Yanagi, 20 was much older. Furthermore, as Yanagi had been injured in a car accident, he was unable to perform the physical tennis plays that was required of the character.
  • Cameos of graduated Tenimyu actors appear in the movie.
  • Schools that appear in the movie besides Seigaku and Hyotei: Fudomine, Rokkaku, Higa-Chuu, Rikkaidai and Shitenhouji.
  • Yasuka Saitou, who played Shinji Ibu, also played Takashi in Mirrorman REFLEX and currently portrays Masumi Inou/BoukenBlack in GoGo Sentai Boukenger. Also Ryuuji Sainei, who plays Keigo Atobe, portrayed Ban/DekaRed in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
  • Hiroki Suzuki, who played Syuichirou Oishi, currently portrays Jan Kando in Jūken Sentai Gekiranger

[edit] Box Office

The movie debuted #10 in the Japanese Box Office.

[edit] DVD Release

The DVD was released on September 28th in two editions: Premium Edition (9240 yen) and Regular Edition (4935 yen).

[edit] External links

Trailers from the Official Website


The Prince of Tennis
Characters
Tennis team members: Ryoma Echizen | Kunimitsu Tezuka | Shuichiro Oishi | Shusuke Fuji | Eiji Kikumaru | Takashi Kawamura | Sadaharu Inui | Takeshi Momoshiro | Kaoru Kaidoh
Schools: Seishun Academy Middle School | Fudomine Middle School | St. Rudolph Gakuen | Yamabuki | Hyotei Gakuen | Midoriyama | Jyosei Shonan | Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku | Rokkaku Chuu
Supporting characters: Sumire Ryuzaki | Nanjiro Echizen | Masashi Arai | Satoshi Horio | Kachiro Kato | Katsuo Mizuno | Sakuno Ryuzaki | Tomoka Osakada
Other
List of Prince of Tennis episodes | Tennis no Ojisama - Futari no Samurai | The Prince of Tennis (film) | The Prince of Tennis Musicals | Takeshi Konomi
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