Nov 18, 1989
135 min
Full-HD

Beijing Watermelon (1989)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

PSC Makkusdai

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

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