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Devils on the Doorstep

Original title: 鬼子来了

Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.

  • Movie
  • 2001
  • NR
  • 2h 19m

Directed by Jiang Wen

8.2

TMDB audience rating
8.2 out of 10 from 200 votes

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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?

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Cast and crew

  • Jiang Wen

    Jiang WenMa Dasan

  • Jiang Hongbo

    Jiang HongboYu'er

  • Teruyuki Kagawa

    Teruyuki KagawaKosaburo Hanaya

  • David Wu

    David WuMajor Gao

  • Yuan Ding

    Yuan DingDong Hanchen

  • Cong Zhijun

    Cong ZhijunGrandfather

  • Li Congxi

    Li CongxiLiu Wang

  • Li Haibin

    Li HaibinMe

  • Kenya Sawada

    Kenya SawadaInokichi Sakatsuka

  • Chen Shu

    Chen ShuQiye

  • Cai WeidongEr Bozi

  • Chen LianmeiAunt

  • Yoshimoto MiyajiKoji Nonomura

  • Chen Qiang

    Chen QiangLone-Stroke Liu

  • Katsuhiro NaganoTelephone Line Layers

  • Ryosuke UomiTelephone Line Layers

  • Yunshen BaiLiu Wang's Father

  • Haizhao ZhouLittle Thresher Yu'er's son

Director
Jiang Wen
Writer
Jiang Wen, Haiying Li and Shi Jianquan
Music
Cui Jian, Haiying Li and Xing Liu
Cinematography
Gu Changwei