Devils on the Doorstep poster

Devils on the Doorstep

鬼子来了

20012h 19mDrama · War
directed by Jiang Wen

“Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.”

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8.2 / 10
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8.2 / 10
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70 / 100
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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?

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