Movie·2001·2h 19m
Devils on the Doorstep
Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.
Country
China
Language
French
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The Story
Original title: 鬼子来了
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?
Written By
Haiying Li, Shi Jianquan, You Fengwei
Producer
Jiang Wen, Dong Ping
Cinematography
Gu Changwei
Editor
Folmer Wiesinger
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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
Cai Weidong
Er Bozi
Chen Lianmei
Aunt
Yoshimoto Miyaji
Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
Lone-Stroke Liu
Katsuhiro Nagano
Telephone Line Layers
Ryosuke Uomi
Telephone Line Layers
Yunshen Bai
Liu Wang's Father
Haizhao Zhou
Little Thresher Yu'er's son
// crew
Crew
Jiang Wen
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
Gu Changwei
Director of Photography
Haiying Li
Writer
Shi Jianquan
Writer
Shu Ping
Screenplay, Story
You Fengwei
Screenplay
Dong Ping
Executive Producer
Liu Xiaodian
Producer
Liu Xiangdong
Producer
Zheng Quangang
Executive Producer
Folmer Wiesinger
Editor
Yifan Zhang
Editor
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