Film · 1989
Beijing Watermelon
Which do you prefer, the watermelon from Beijing or the watermelon from Chiba?
Directed by Nobuhiko ObayashiBengalMasako MotaiYasufumi Hayashi
18 Nov 1989Released
2h 15mRunning time
The story
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.
Cast
Bengal
Shunzo Horikoshi
Masako Motai
Michi Horikoshi
Yasufumi Hayashi
Toru Horikoshi
Haruhiko Saito
Mr. Ioka
Takashi Sasano
Mr. Yamada
Hana Kino
Matsue Otobuji
Akira Emoto
Mr. TeramotoYugi Ogata
Bank ClerkChiyodayu Okubo
Mr. Aotani
Ryo Iwamatsu
PolicemanKazunori Hagiwara
Yasuo Hirai
Hiromi Oshima
Yumi Horikoshi
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