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Devils on the Doorstep
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Title: Devils on the Doorstep

Release Date: 26 Oct 2001

Runtime: 2h 19m

Genre: Drama, War

Director: Huayi Brothers Advertising, Asian Union Film & Entertainment, Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning, CMC Xiandai Trade Co., China Film Co-Production Corp.

Production Companies: Huayi Brothers Advertising, Asian Union Film & Entertainment, Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning, CMC Xiandai Trade Co., China Film Co-Production Corp.

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?

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Ratings

Average Vote: 8.2 (164 votes)

Cast

  • Ma Dasan: Jiang Wen
  • Yu'er: Jiang Hongbo
  • Kosaburo Hanaya: Teruyuki Kagawa
  • Major Gao: David Wu
  • Dong Hanchen: Yuan Ding
  • Grandfather: Cong Zhijun
  • Liu Wang: Li Congxi
  • Me: Li Haibin
  • Inokichi Sakatsuka: Kenya Sawada
  • Er Bozi: Cai Weidong
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