Devils on the Doorstep (2001)

Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.

Directed by Jiang Wen2h 19mDrama,War

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?

Rated
NR
Year
2001
Country
CN
Language
Mandarin
Release date
26 October 2001
TMDB
8.2 (197)
CineVerse
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Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan
Jiang Hongbo
Jiang Hongbo
Yu'er
Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu
David Wu
Major Gao
Yuan Ding
Yuan Ding
Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun
Cong Zhijun
Grandfather
Li Congxi
Li Congxi
Liu Wang
Li Haibin
Li Haibin
Me
Kenya Sawada
Kenya Sawada
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu
Chen Shu
Qiye
C
Cai Weidong
Er Bozi
C
Chen Lianmei
Aunt
Y
Yoshimoto Miyaji
Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
Chen Qiang
Lone-Stroke Liu
K
Katsuhiro Nagano
Telephone Line Layers
R
Ryosuke Uomi
Telephone Line Layers
Y
Yunshen Bai
Liu Wang's Father
H
Haizhao Zhou
Little Thresher Yu'er's son
H
Haidong Xu
De'rtou
S
Shiru Du
De'rtou's Father
Y
Youren He
Drum Singer
Y
Yihe Wang
Drum Singer
J
Junji Kajioka
Japanese Officer
M
Masayuki Yamada
Japanese Officer
Y
Yuta Ishiyama
Japanese Officer
Y
Yayoi Inoue
Japanese prostitute
E
Eri Kitahara
Japanese prostitute
M
Mirei Nakahara
Japanese prostitute
T
Tomoko Itaya
Japanese prostitute
E
Etsuko Morita
Japanese prostitute
M
Mineko Kokaji
Japanese prostitute
Shu Ping
Shu Ping
KMT Army Officer
H
Hu Jiang
KMT Army Soldier
J
James W. Mayfield
US Marine
A
Abram Sauer
US Marine
J
Jincai Jiang
Japanese dancer
M
Mamoru Yamada
Japanese soldier
Y
Yoshimoto Inoue
Japanese soldier
D
Daisaku Uchino
Japanese soldier
M
Makoto Shibazaki
Japanese soldier
Junichi Kajioka
Junichi Kajioka
Japanese sergeant (uncredited)

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