Devils on the Doorstep
Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.
8.2
195 votes
2001
2h 19m
Drama
War
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?
Directed by Jiang Wen
Top 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
QiyeC
Cai Weidong
Er BoziC
Chen Lianmei
AuntY
Yoshimoto Miyaji
Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
Lone-Stroke LiuK
Katsuhiro Nagano
Telephone Line LayersR
Ryosuke Uomi
Telephone Line LayersY
Yunshen Bai
Liu Wang's FatherH
Haizhao Zhou
Little Thresher Yu'er's sonH
Haidong Xu
De'rtouS
Shiru Du
De'rtou's FatherDetails
Status
Released
Release date
October 26, 2001
Budget
—
Revenue
$20K
Language
French, Mandarin, Japanese, English
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