Devils on the Doorstep

2001

139 min

8.2

Ends at

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?

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, War

Director

Jiang Wen

Country

China

Cast & Crew

Jiang Wen

Jiang Hongbo

Teruyuki Kagawa

David Wu

Yuan Ding

Cong Zhijun

Li Congxi

Li Haibin

Kenya Sawada

Cai Weidong

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Devils on the Doorstep

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?

  • Jiang Wen

  • Jiang Hongbo

  • Teruyuki Kagawa

  • David Wu

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