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Film / 2001
Devils on the Doorstep
Directed by
Jiang Wen
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 …
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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?
Cast
Jiang WenMa Dasan
Jiang HongboYu'er
Teruyuki KagawaKosaburo Hanaya
David WuMajor Gao
Yuan DingDong Hanchen
Cong ZhijunGrandfather
Li CongxiLiu Wang
Li HaibinMe
Kenya SawadaInokichi Sakatsuka
Chen ShuQiye
Cai WeidongEr Bozi
Chen LianmeiAunt
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Yoshimoto MiyajiKoji Nonomura
Chen QiangLone-Stroke Liu
Katsuhiro NaganoTelephone Line Layers
Ryosuke UomiTelephone Line Layers
Yunshen BaiLiu Wang's Father
Haizhao ZhouLittle Thresher Yu'er's son
Haidong XuDe'rtou
Shiru DuDe'rtou's Father
Youren HeDrum Singer
Yihe WangDrum Singer
Junji KajiokaJapanese Officer
Masayuki YamadaJapanese Officer
Yuta IshiyamaJapanese Officer
Yayoi InoueJapanese prostitute
Eri KitaharaJapanese prostitute
Mirei NakaharaJapanese prostitute
Tomoko ItayaJapanese prostitute
Etsuko MoritaJapanese prostitute
Mineko KokajiJapanese prostitute
Shu PingKMT Army Officer
Hu JiangKMT Army Soldier
James W. MayfieldUS Marine
Abram SauerUS Marine
Jincai JiangJapanese dancer
Mamoru YamadaJapanese soldier
Yoshimoto InoueJapanese soldier
Daisaku UchinoJapanese soldier
Makoto ShibazakiJapanese soldier
Junichi KajiokaJapanese sergeant (uncredited)
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