Beijing Watermelon (1989)
Original title: 北京的西瓜
Beijing Watermelon is a 1989 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, with a running time of 2h 15m. It stars Bengal, Masako Motai and Yasufumi Hayashi.
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 as Haruzo Horikoshi
- Masako Motai as Michi Horikoshi
- Yasufumi Hayashi as Toru Horikoshi
- Haruhiko Saito as Mr. Ioka
- Takashi Sasano as Mr. Yamada
- Hana Kino as Matsue Otobuji
- Akira Emoto as Mr. Teramoto
- Yugi Ogata as Bank Clerk
- Chiyodayu Okubo as Mr. Aotani
- Ryo Iwamatsu as Policeman
- Kazunori Hagiwara as Yasuo Hirai
- Hiromi Oshima as Yumi Horikoshi