Devils on the Doorstep
“Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.”
2001•NR•2h 19m•8.2•Released
DramaWar
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?
Director
Jiang Wen
Writer
Jiang Wen, Haiying Li, Shi Jianquan, Shu Ping, You Fengwei
Revenue
$0M
Languages
French, Mandarin, Japanese
Studio
Huayi Brothers Advertising
Cast
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
Yoshimoto Miyaji
Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
Lone-Stroke Liu
Katsuhiro Nagano
Telephone Line Layers
Production
Company
Huayi Brothers Advertising
Company
Asian Union Film & Entertainment
Company
Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning
Company
CMC Xiandai Trade Co.
Company
China Film Co-Production
Producer
Jiang Wen
Producer
Liu Xiaodian
Producer
Liu Xiangdong
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