Devils on the Doorstep

Devils on the Doorstep (2001)

鬼子来了

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?

Date of release
2001-10-26
TMDB
8.2 / 10 (200)
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Jiang Wen

Casting

  • 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 — Qiye
  • Cai Weidong — Er Bozi
  • Chen Lianmei — Aunt

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