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.
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
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Bengal as Haruzo Horikoshi |
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Masako Motai as Michi Horikoshi |
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Yasufumi Hayashi as Toru Horikoshi |
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Haruhiko Saito as Mr. Ioka |
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Takashi Sasano as Mr. Yamada |
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Hana Kino as Matsue Otobuji |
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Akira Emoto as Mr. Teramoto |
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Yugi Ogata as Bank Clerk |
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Chiyodayu Okubo as Mr. Aotani |
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Ryo Iwamatsu as Policeman |
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Kazunori Hagiwara as Yasuo Hirai |
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Hiromi Oshima as Yumi Horikoshi |
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Hiromi Oda as Midori |
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Shinbō Minami as Foppish Man |
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Jun Yamada as |
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Ryo Amamiya as Customer |
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Kazue Tsunogae as |
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Takeko Kitamura as |
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Satomi Kobayashi as |
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Wakaba Irie as Haruzo's Sister |
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Toru Minegishi as Dr. Muraki |
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Mitsuyo Asaka as Hatsuko Iida |
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Lei Han as |
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Juan Li as |
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Xiao-Dan Yang as |
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Zhuang Pei-Yuan as |
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Quing-Lin Fan as |
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Hua Xu as |
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Masaru Igarashi as Friend at Market |
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Yasuyuki Iida as Mr. Akatani |
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Kazuo Satsuya as Host |
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Wu Yue as |
| Writing | Yoshihiro Ishimatsu | Writer |
| Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Production Design |
| Sound | Shouhei Hayashi | Sound Designer |
| Production | Kaneo Kawanabe | Producer |
| Production | Michio Morioka | Producer |
| Sound | Tetsuo Kondô | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Kyōko Ōbayashi | Producer |
| Camera | Shigekazu Nagano | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masatoshi Yokomizo | Sound |
| Lighting | Suzuki Naohide | Gaffer |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Art Direction |
| Directing | Shinichiro Nakata | Assistant Director |