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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?

2001 |2h 19m |  Drama, War

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Cast

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Jiang Wen

Ma Dasan

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Jiang Hongbo

Yu'er

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Teruyuki Kagawa

Kosaburo Hanaya

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David Wu

Major Gao

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Yuan Ding

Dong Hanchen

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Cong Zhijun

Grandfather

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Li Haibin

Me

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Kenya Sawada

Inokichi Sakatsuka

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Chen Qiang

Lone-Stroke Liu

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Junichi Kajioka

Japanese sergeant (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Mandarin, French, Japanese, English

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