Beijing Watermelon (1989)

Name: Beijing Watermelon
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-11-18
Duration: 135 min
Cast: Bengal, Masako Motai, Yasufumi Hayashi, Haruhiko Saito, Takashi Sasano

Which do you prefer, the watermelon from Beijing or the watermelon from Chiba?

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.

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Released 1989-11-18 · 135 min · Drama

Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cast

Bengal as Shunzo Horikoshi
Masako Motai as Michi Horikoshi
Yasufumi Hayashi as Toru Horikoshi
Haruhiko Saito as Mr. Ioka
Takashi Sasano as Mr. Yamada
Hana Kino as Matsue Otobuji
Akira Emoto as Mr. Teramoto
Yugi Ogata as Bank Clerk
Chiyodayu Okubo as Mr. Aotani
Ryo Iwamatsu as Policeman
Kazunori Hagiwara as Yasuo Hirai
Hiromi Oshima as Yumi Horikoshi
Hiromi Oda as Midori
Shinbō Minami as Foppish Man
Jun Yamada