Devils on the Doorstep
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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?
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Comedy, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
Jiang WenDirector
Jiang WenMa Dasan
Jiang HongboYu'er
Teruyuki KagawaKosaburo Hanaya
David WuMajor Gao
Yuan DingDong Hanchen
Cong ZhijunGrandfather
Li CongxiLiu Wang
Li HaibinMe
Kenya SawadaInokichi Sakatsuka
Chen ShuQiye
Cui JianComposer
Haiying LiComposerHaiying LiWriter
Shi JianquanWriter
Shu PingWriter
Gu ChangweiCinematographyDevils 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?
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- none
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Comedy, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
Jiang WenDirectorJiang WenMa DasanJiang HongboYu'erTeruyuki KagawaKosaburo HanayaDavid WuMajor GaoYuan DingDong HanchenCong ZhijunGrandfatherLi CongxiLiu WangLi HaibinMeKenya SawadaInokichi SakatsukaChen ShuQiyeCui JianComposerHaiying LiComposerHaiying LiWriterShi JianquanWriterShu PingWriterGu ChangweiCinematographyNot currently available on any streaming platform