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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?
8.23
139 min
Release
2001-10-26
Cast
Jiang Wen
as Ma Dasan
Jiang Hongbo
as Yu'er
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu
as Major Gao
Yuan Ding
as Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun
as Grandfather
Li Congxi
as Liu Wang
Li Haibin
as Me
Kenya Sawada
as Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu
as Qiye
Cai Weidong
as Er BoziChen Lianmei
as AuntYoshimoto Miyaji
as Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
as Lone-Stroke LiuJianquan Shi
as Brother-in-lawKatsuhiro Nagano
as Telephone Line LayersRyosuke Uomi
as Telephone Line LayersYunshen Bai
as Liu Wang's FatherHaizhao Zhou
as Little Thresher Yu'er's sonHaidong Xu
as De'rtouShiru Du
as De'rtou's FatherYouren He
as Drum SingerYihe Wang
as Drum SingerJunji Kajioka
as Japanese OfficerMasayuki Yamada
as Japanese OfficerYuta Ishiyama
as Japanese OfficerYayoi Inoue
as Japanese prostituteEri Kitahara
as Japanese prostituteMirei Nakahara
as Japanese prostituteTomoko Itaya
as Japanese prostituteEtsuko Morita
as Japanese prostituteMineko Kokaji
as Japanese prostitute
Shu Ping
as KMT Army OfficerHu Jiang
as KMT Army SoldierJames W. Mayfield
as US MarineAbram Sauer
as US MarineJincai Jiang
as Japanese dancerMamoru Yamada
as Japanese soldierYoshimoto Inoue
as Japanese soldierDaisaku Uchino
as Japanese soldierMakoto Shibazaki
as Japanese soldier
Junichi Kajioka
as Japanese sergeant (uncredited)Jiang Hongbo
as Yu ErDirector
REVIEWS
badelf
A fantastic anti-war narrative by Jiang Wen that clocks in at 140 minutes and is so well-paced that it feels like half that time. The comedic overtone that permeates the movie serves to provide comic relief and underscore the strong anti-war, anti-nationalist message.
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