Devils on the Doorstep

IMDb 8.2 2001 • 139 min • DramaWar

Director

Jiang Wen

Country

CN

Plot Summary

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?

Top Cast

Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen Ma Dasan
Jiang Hongbo
Jiang Hongbo Yu'er
Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu
David Wu Major Gao
Yuan Ding
Yuan Ding Dong Hanchen