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Devils on the Doorstep

Devils on the Doorstep

Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.

2001•2h 19m•8.2/10
DramaWar

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8.2/10(185)

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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Production

Huayi Brothers Advertising, Asian Union Film & Entertainment, Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning, CMC Xiandai Trade Co., China Film Co-Production

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

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

Cai Weidong

Er Bozi

Chen Lianmei

Aunt

Yoshimoto Miyaji

Koji Nonomura

Chen Qiang

Chen Qiang

Lone-Stroke Liu

Katsuhiro Nagano

Telephone Line Layers

Ryosuke Uomi

Telephone Line Layers

Yunshen Bai

Liu Wang's Father

Haizhao Zhou

Little Thresher Yu'er's son

Haidong Xu

De'rtou

Shiru Du

De'rtou's Father

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