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Devils on the Doorstep(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-10-26
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180 Votes
Time: 2h 19m
Overview:
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?
Languages: French, Mandarin, Japanese, English.
Countries:
China
ProductionCompanies:
Huayi Brothers Advertising
Asian Union Film & Entertainment
Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning
CMC Xiandai Trade Co.
China Film Co-Production Corp.
Movie: Devils on the Doorstep
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan
Hongbo Jiang
Yu'er
香川照之
Kosaburo Hanaya
吳大維
Major Gao
Ding Yuan
Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun
Grandfather
Li Congxi
Liu Wang
李海濱
Me
澤田拳也
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu
Qiye
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