Devils on the Doorstep (2001)

Name: Devils on the Doorstep
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2001-10-26
Duration: 139 min
Cast: Jiang Wen, Jiang Hongbo, Teruyuki Kagawa, David Wu, Yuan Ding

Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.

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?

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Released 2001-10-26 · 139 min · Drama, War

Directed by Jiang Wen

Cast

Jiang Wen as Ma Dasan
Jiang Hongbo as Yu'er
Teruyuki Kagawa as Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu as Major Gao
Yuan Ding as Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun as Grandfather
Li Congxi as Liu Wang
Li Haibin as Me
Kenya Sawada as Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu as Qiye
Cai Weidong as Er Bozi
Chen Lianmei as Aunt
Yoshimoto Miyaji as Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang as Lone-Stroke Liu
Katsuhiro Nagano as Telephone Line Layers