Devils on the Doorstep

Release Date: 2001-10-26

Overview: 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?

Rating: 8.2 / 10

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

Crew

Jiang Wen - Director
Shi Jianquan - Production Design
Gu Changwei - Director of Photography
Cui Jian - Music
Jiang Wen - Screenplay

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 ...