Devils on the Doorstep(2001)
Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.
Synopsis
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?
Directed by Jiang Wen
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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
Ryosuke Uomi
Telephone Line Layers
Yunshen Bai
Liu Wang's Father
Haizhao Zhou
Little Thresher Yu'er's son
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Devils on the Doorstep was released in 2001.
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Devils on the Doorstep runs for 139 minutes (2 hours and 19 minutes).
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Devils on the Doorstep was directed by Jiang Wen.
Who stars in Devils on the Doorstep?+
Devils on the Doorstep stars Jiang Wen, Jiang Hongbo, Teruyuki Kagawa, David Wu and Yuan Ding.
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Devils on the Doorstep holds a 8.2/10 rating from 199 TMDB users, and is best suited to fans of drama and war.
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