Beijing Watermelon

Original title: 北京的西瓜

Duration: 135 min

Release date: 1989-11-18

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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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北京的西瓜

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北京的西瓜

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as Haruzo Horikoshi

as Michi Horikoshi

Yasufumi Hayashi

Yasufumi Hayashi

as Toru Horikoshi

as Matsue Otobuji

as Mr. Teramoto

Chiyodayu Okubo

Chiyodayu Okubo

Kazunori Hagiwara

Kazunori Hagiwara

as Yumi Horikoshi

Takeko Kitamura

Takeko Kitamura

Satomi Kobayashi

Satomi Kobayashi

as Haruzo's Sister

as Hatsuko Iida

Zhuang Pei-Yuan

Zhuang Pei-Yuan

Masaru Igarashi

Masaru Igarashi

as Friend at Market

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Nobuhiko Obayashi

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Yoshihiro Ishimatsu

Yoshihiro Ishimatsu

Kyōko Ōbayashi

Original Music Composer

Shigekazu Nagano

Shigekazu Nagano

Director of Photography

Production Design

Shouhei Hayashi

Shouhei Hayashi

Masatoshi Yokomizo

Masatoshi Yokomizo

Shinichiro Nakata

Shinichiro Nakata

Assistant Director

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