“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.
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Bengal
Shunzo Horikoshi
Known for
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
First Love
Masako Motai
Michi Horikoshi
Known for
Kamome Diner
Gemini
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Also in
House
The Girl in the Picture
Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Kaneo Kawanabe
Yasufumi Hayashi
Toru Horikoshi
Known for
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Suspect X
Michio Morioka
Masatoshi Yokomizo
Haruhiko Saito
Mr. Ioka
Also in
Funeral Parade of Roses
Almost Transparent Blue
Kyōko Ōbayashi
Also in
House
Confession
Takashi Sasano
Mr. Yamada
Known for
Sanctuary
Love and Honor
Tetsuo Kondô
Nobuhiko Obayashi Director · Yoshihiro Ishimatsu Writer Tetsuo Kondô Composer
United States release March 24, 1990 · Produced in Japan · Languages Chinese, Japanese
Production
PSC
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Makkusdai
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Japan
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Original title
北京的西瓜
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 18, 1989
Theatrical
United States · March 24, 1990
New York New Directors and New Films Festival
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