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Beijing Watermelon (北京的西瓜, Pekin no Suika) is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Based partly on true events, the film follows the relationship between a Japanese greengrocer and a group of Chinese exchange students.
Jun 5, 2024 · Beijing Watermelon is fairly uncharacteristic of this period. It’s a sober drama about a Japanese greengrocer Shunzo (Bengal) who befriends a group of Chinese college students at the store he owns near Tokyo. Before he meets Li (Wu Yue), he doesn’t realize just how unhappy he is with his own life.
Nov 18, 1989 · Beijing Watermelon: Directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi. With Bengal, Masako Motai, Yasufumi Hayashi, Haruhiko Saitô. The film is based on true events. It centers around Shunzo, a popular greengrocer who lives in a city near Tokyo.
Aug 21, 2021 · Beijing Watermelon (1989) by. Nobuhiko Obayashi. Publication date. 1989. Topics. Film, cinema, movies, japanese cinema. Language. Japanese.
Beijing Watermelon (1989) directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. 1989. 北京的西瓜. Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. 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.
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi • 1989 • Japan. Starring Bengal, Masako Motai, Yasufumi Hayashi. Overflowing with warmth and unpredictable cinematic invention, this humanist gem from Nobuhiko Obayashi unfolds on the outskirts of Tokyo, where a Japanese grocer (Bengal) becomes a kind of benefactor to a succession of struggling Chinese exchange ...
Beijing Watermelon is an unexpected delight—both a humanistic reflection of a significant historical juncture and an affirmation of goodness in people across cultures. One person cannot unburden a nation, chase away its sins, or mend fraught regional histories.
