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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 [[Funabashi]], a [[greengrocer]] offers a discount on produce to a Chinese [[Student exchange program|exchange student]] who cannot afford to purchase vegetables.

==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 and release==

The plot is a partly true story, and was produced after Obayashi and his crew met the real-life grocer and students that the film is based on while shooting another film.<ref name="Metrograph"/>

''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==

Writing for [[Metrograph]], Matt Turner describes ''Beijing Watermelon'' as a film "about finding connections and commonalities despite differences of nationality, culture, and class" but where the "imaginative side of Obayashi is still much on display", comparing it to the works of [[Yasujirō Ozu]] and [[Robert Altman]].<ref name="Metrograph"/>

==References==

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<ref name="Metrograph">{{cite web |last1=Turner |first1=Matt |title=Beijing Watermelon |url=https://metrograph.com/beijingwatermelon/ |website=[[Metrograph]] |access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref>

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==External links==

*{{IMDb title|tt0099116}}

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

==RESOURCES==

* 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