Watermelon Run is a puppet show animation produced by Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio in Mainland China in 1979 . The film is based on Liu Zhengtai 's folktale of the same name, and is divided into upper and lower parts, telling the story of a child soldier during the Shanghai Xiaodaohui uprising at the end of the Qing Dynasty .
| Release Date | September 1, 1979 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | 西瓜炮 | |
| Runtime | 44min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Mandarin | |
| Original Language | Chinese | |
| Production Countries | China | |
| Production Companies | 上海美术电影制片厂 | |