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