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Devils on the Doorstep poster

Devils on the Doorstep (2001)

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?

Release: 2001-10-26
Runtime: 139 min
Rating: 8.23 / 10
Cast
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan
Jiang Hongbo
Jiang Hongbo
Yu'er
Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu
David Wu
Major Gao
Yuan Ding
Yuan Ding
Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun
Cong Zhijun
Grandfather
Li Congxi
Li Congxi
Liu Wang
Li Haibin
Li Haibin
Me
Kenya Sawada
Kenya Sawada
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu
Chen Shu
Qiye
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Cai Weidong
Er Bozi
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Chen Lianmei
Aunt
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Yoshimoto Miyaji
Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
Chen Qiang
Lone-Stroke Liu
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Jianquan Shi
Brother-in-law
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Katsuhiro Nagano
Telephone Line Layers
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Ryosuke Uomi
Telephone Line Layers
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Yunshen Bai
Liu Wang's Father