Beijing Watermelon (1989)

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.

Cast (32)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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. Teramoto

Y

Yugi Ogata

Bank Clerk

C

Chiyodayu Okubo

Mr. Aotani

Ryo Iwamatsu

Policeman

K

Kazunori Hagiwara

Yasuo Hirai

Hiromi Oshima

Yumi Horikoshi

H

Hiromi Oda

Midori

S

Shinbō Minami

Foppish Man

J

Jun Yamada

Ryo Amamiya

Customer

Kazue Tsunogae

T

Takeko Kitamura

Satomi Kobayashi

Wakaba Irie

Haruzo's Sister

Toru Minegishi

Dr. Muraki

M

Mitsuyo Asaka

Hatsuko Iida

Lei Han

J

Juan Li

X

Xiao-Dan Yang

Z

Zhuang Pei-Yuan

Q

Quing-Lin Fan

H

Hua Xu

M

Masaru Igarashi

Friend at Market

Y

Yasuyuki Iida

Mr. Akatani

Kazuo Satsuya

Host

Wu Yue

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