Beijing Watermelon

Beijing Watermelon
1989Drama135 mins

Plot

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.

  • Nobuhiko Obayashi

    Director

  • Yoshihiro Ishimatsu

    Writer

  • Shigekazu Nagano

    Director of Photography

  • Bengal

    Haruzo Horikoshi, the Greengrocer

  • Masako Motai

    Michi Horikoshi

  • Yasufumi Hayashi

    Toru Horikoshi

  • Haruhiko Saitô

    Mr. Ioka, the Pharmacist

  • Takashi Sasano

    Mr. Yamada, the Real Estate Agent

  • Hana Kino

    Matsue Otobuji

  • Akira Emoto

    Mr. Teramoto, the Shopkeeper

  • Yugi Ogata

    Bank Clerk

  • Ryo Okubo

    Mr. Aotani

  • Ryo Iwamatsu

    Policeman

  • Kazunori Hagiwara

    Yasuo Hirai

  • Hiromi Oshima

    Yumi Horikoshi

  • Hiromi Oda

    Midori

  • Shinbo Minami

    Foppish Man

  • Runtime

    135 minutes

    Released

    1989-11-18

    Languages

    日本語

    Countries

    Japan

    Studios

    PSC

    Makkusdai

    Sound

  • Tetsuo Kondô

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    622 days ago

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