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| name = Beijing Watermelon

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| director = [[Nobuhiko Obayashi]]

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| screenplay = {{ill|Yoshihiro Ishimatsu|ja|石松愛弘}}

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| released = {{Film date|1989|11|18}}

| runtime = 135 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese, Chinese

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{{nihongo|'''''Beijing Watermelon'''''|北京的西瓜}} is a 1989 Japanese film directed by [[Nobuhiko Obayashi]].

==Synopsis==

In the exurbs of [[Tokyo]] in the late 1980s, a [[greengrocer]] becomes acquainted with a group of local Chinese exchange students.

==Cast==

* {{ill|Bengal (actor){{!}}Bengal|ja|ベンガル (俳優)}} as Shunzo Horikoshi

* {{ill|Masako Motai|ja|もたいまさこ}} as Michi Horikoshi

==Production==

''Beijing Watermelon'' was filmed from May to June 1989. The [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre|Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]] occurred mid-production, forcing the cancellation of plans to shoot the Beijing-set portions of the film on-location.

==Reception==

==External links==

*{{IMDb title|tt0099116}}

*''[https://archive.org/details/beijing.-watermelon.-1989.x-264 Beijing Watermelon]'' at the [[Internet Archive]]

==RESOURCES==

* https://metrograph.com/beijingwatermelon/

* https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/beijing-watermelon

* https://crookedmarquee.com/beijing-watermelon-the-return-of-a-drama-caught-between-china-and-japan-reality-and-fiction/

* https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-10-05-ca-1530-story.html

* https://www.screenslate.com/articles/beijing-watermelon