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Beijing Watermelon
JAPAN · 1989

Beijing Watermelon

Nobuhiko Obayashi
cross-cultural encounter class disparity family dynamics generosity and compassion cultural displacement
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Synopsis

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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