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.
Cast
Jiang Wen
as Ma Dasan
Jiang Hongbo
as Yu'er
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu
as Major Gao
Yuan Ding
as Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun
as Grandfather
Li Congxi
as Liu Wang
Li Haibin
as Me
Kenya Sawada
as Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu
as Qiye
Chen Qiang
as Lone-Stroke Liu
Shu Ping
as KMT Army Officer
Junichi Kajioka
as Japanese sergeant (uncredited)
Crew
Jiang Wen
Director
Shi Jianquan
Production Design
Gu Changwei
Director of Photography
Cui Jian
Music
Jiang Wen
Screenplay
Jiang Wen
Story
Haiying Li
Writer
Shi Jianquan
Writer
Shu Ping
Screenplay
Shu Ping
Story
You Fengwei
Novel
You Fengwei
Screenplay
Jiang Wen
Producer
Li Congxi
Line Producer
Haiying Li
Music
Haiying Li
Assistant Director
Ma Wenzhong
Assistant Director
Yang Zhang
Assistant Director