Beijing Watermelon

Name: Beijing Watermelon
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989-11-18
Duration: 2 h 15 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Bengal, Masako Motai, Yasufumi Hayashi, Haruhiko Saito, Takashi Sasano

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

1989

2h 15m

Drama

Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi

Writer: Yoshihiro Ishimatsu

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Overview

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.