Trailer: Beijing Watermelon (Kani Releasing)

First look at the trailer for the new 2K restoration of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Beijing Watermelon.
Shot in 1989, this lesser-seen comedy-drama from the prolific and eclectic Obayashi (House) chronicles the end of a decade marked by the Japanese economic bubble and the brutal close of possibility in China through an unlikely camaraderie between headstrong Japanese greengrocer Shunzo (Bengal) and the young and broke Chinese foreign exchange students who frequent his store.
Opens June 7 in select US theaters including Metrograph, Gene Siskel Film Center, 2220 Arts & Archive and more via @kani-releasing.
Beijing Watermelon on Letterboxd: boxd.it/an0C

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

One of the most heartwarming movies ever made. Can't believe most of people only know Nobuhiko Obayashi because of House. His 80s movies are perfect melodramas

[@JarnePauwels]

Looks great!

[@godsaidtoabraham]

I wonder what happened between may and july 1989 🤔