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Devils on the Doorstep

8.2 139 mins Drama   War   2001
Huayi Brothers Advertising   Asian Union Film & Entertainment   Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning   CMC Xiandai Trade Co.   China Film Co-Production  
Director(s): Jiang Wen

Release Date: 26 Fri, Oct 2001

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?

Casts of Devils on the Doorstep

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

Cai Weidong

as Er Bozi

Chen Lianmei

as Aunt

Yoshimoto Miyaji

as Koji Nonomura

Chen Qiang

as Lone-Stroke Liu

Katsuhiro Nagano

as Telephone Line Layers

Ryosuke Uomi

as Telephone Line Layers

Yunshen Bai

as Liu Wang's Father

Haizhao Zhou

as Little Thresher Yu'er's son

Haidong Xu

as De'rtou

Shiru Du

as De'rtou's Father

Youren He

as Drum Singer

Yihe Wang

as Drum Singer

Junji Kajioka

as Japanese Officer

Masayuki Yamada

as Japanese Officer

Yuta Ishiyama

as Japanese Officer

Yayoi Inoue

as Japanese prostitute

Eri Kitahara

as Japanese prostitute

Mirei Nakahara

as Japanese prostitute

Tomoko Itaya

as Japanese prostitute

Etsuko Morita

as Japanese prostitute

Mineko Kokaji

as Japanese prostitute

Shu Ping

as KMT Army Officer

Hu Jiang

as KMT Army Soldier

James W. Mayfield

as US Marine

Abram Sauer

as US Marine

Jincai Jiang

as Japanese dancer

Mamoru Yamada

as Japanese soldier

Yoshimoto Inoue

as Japanese soldier

Daisaku Uchino

as Japanese soldier

Makoto Shibazaki

as Japanese soldier

Junichi Kajioka

as Japanese sergeant (uncredited)

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