Beijing Watermelon

Beijing Watermelon (1989)

北京的西瓜

Le film est basé sur de vrais événements. Il se concentre sur Shunzo, un marchand de légumes populaire qui vit dans une ville près de Tokyo. Sa vie, et celle de sa femme, Michi et de leurs deux enfants, subit un changement dramatique lorsqu'il rencontre Li, un pauvre étudiant chinois.

Date de sortie
1989-11-18
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (7)
Durée
2 h 15 min
Genres
Drame
Réalisateur
Nobuhiko Obayashi

Distribution

Anecdotes

Beijing Watermelon is a 1989 Japanese slice of life 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. The film is noted for the proximity of its production and release to the Tiananmen Square massacre, which forced the cancellation of plans to shoot the Beijing-set portions of the film on-location.

Production and release

Beijing Watermelon is directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi with a screenplay by Yoshihiro Ishimatsu. The plot is partly based on true events, 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.

In 2021, a restoration of the film was undertaken by distributor Shochiku.

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