
Film
Devils on the Doorstep
2001 · 2h 19m · Drama · War
Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.
- IMDb
- 8.2
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 92%
- Metacritic
- 70
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Overview
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?
Cast

Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan

Jiang Hongbo
Yu'er

Teruyuki Kagawa
Kosaburo Hanaya

David Wu
Major Gao

Yuan Ding
Dong Hanchen

Cong Zhijun
Grandfather

Li Congxi
Liu Wang

Li Haibin
Me

Kenya Sawada
Inokichi Sakatsuka

Chen Shu
Qiye
Cai Weidong
Er Bozi
Chen Lianmei
Aunt
Yoshimoto Miyaji
Koji Nonomura

Chen Qiang
Lone-Stroke Liu
Katsuhiro Nagano
Telephone Line Layers
Ryosuke Uomi
Telephone Line Layers
Crew
- Jiang WenDirector · Screenplay · Story · Producer
- Shu PingScreenplay · Story
- You FengweiNovel · Screenplay
- Haiying LiWriter
- Shi JianquanWriter
- Liu XiaodianProducer
- Liu XiangdongProducer
- Dong PingExecutive Producer
- Zheng QuangangExecutive Producer
- Gu ChangweiDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 26, 2001
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Rated
- NR
- Revenue
- $20,000
- Genres
- Drama, War
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