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Status
Released
Release
1989
Runtime
2h 15m
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"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.
32 Cast Members
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
Chiyodayu Okubo
Mr. Aotani
Ryo Iwamatsu
Policeman
Kazunori Hagiwara
Yasuo Hirai
Hiromi Oshima
Yumi Horikoshi
Hiromi Oda
Midori
Shinbō Minami
Foppish Man
Jun Yamada
Ryo Amamiya
Customer
Kazue Tsunogae
Takeko Kitamura
Satomi Kobayashi
Wakaba Irie
Haruzo's Sister
