Devils on the Doorstep
鬼子来了
Release: 2001-10-26
·Runtime: 139m
·★ 8.2
Drama
War
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?
Production Countries
China
Production Companies
Huayi Brothers Advertising
Asian Union Film & Entertainment
Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning
CMC Xiandai Trade Co.
China Film Co-Production Corp.
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Jiang Wen
as Ma Dasan
David Wu
as Major Gao
Li Haibin
as Me
Jiang Hongbo
as Yu'er
Cong Zhijun
as Grandfather
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Kosaburo Hanaya
Shu Ping
as KMT Army Officer
Yuan Ding
as Dong Hanchen
Chen Qiang
as Lone-Stroke Liu
Junichi Kajioka
as Japanese sergeant (uncredited)
Li Congxi
as Liu Wang
Kenya Sawada
as Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu
as Qiye
Crew
Haiying Li
Writer, Music, Assistant Director
Shu Ping
Screenplay, Story
Li Congxi
Line Producer
Gu Changwei
Director of Photography
Yang Zhang
Assistant Director
You Fengwei
Novel, Screenplay
Shi Jianquan
Production Design, Writer
Cui Jian
Music
Ma Wenzhong
Assistant Director
Jiang Wen
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer