

Beijing Watermelon
November 18, 1989•2h 15m•★ 6.6
Drama
“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.
Director
Nobuhiko ObayashiWriters
Cast

Bengal
Haruzo Horikoshi

Masako Motai
Michi Horikoshi

Yasufumi Hayashi
Toru Horikoshi

Haruhiko Saito
Mr. Ioka

Takashi Sasano
Mr. Yamada

Hana Kino
Matsue Otobuji

Akira Emoto
Mr. Teramoto
?
Yugi Ogata
Bank Clerk
?
Chiyodayu Okubo
Mr. Aotani

Ryo Iwamatsu
Policeman
?
Kazunori Hagiwara
Yasuo Hirai

Hiromi Oshima
Yumi Horikoshi
?
Hiromi Oda
Midori
?
Shinbō Minami
Foppish Man
?
Jun Yamada

Ryo Amamiya
Customer

Kazue Tsunogae
?
Takeko Kitamura

Satomi Kobayashi

Wakaba Irie
Haruzo's Sister