Devils on the Doorstep
“Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.”
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?
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Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan
Known for
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Jiang Hongbo
Yu'er
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Teruyuki Kagawa
Kosaburo Hanaya
Known for
Tales from Earthsea
Tokyo Sonata
David Wu
Major Gao
Known for
Farewell My Concubine
Yuan Ding
Dong Hanchen
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Cong Zhijun
Grandfather
Known for
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Ju Dou
Li Congxi
Liu Wang
Known for
An Elephant Sitting Still
Li Haibin
Me
Known for
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Kenya Sawada
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Known for
Street Fighter
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Chen Shu
Qiye
Known for
Shanghai Triad
Cai Weidong
Er Bozi
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Chen Lianmei
Aunt
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Jiang Wen Director · Shu Ping Screenplay You Fengwei Screenplay
Budget $3.9M · United States release December 18, 2002 · Produced in China
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Budget
$3,900,000
Production
Huayi Brothers Advertising
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Asian Union Film & Entertainment
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Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning
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CMC Xiandai Trade Co.
Production
China Film Co-Production
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China
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Original title
鬼子来了
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · French · Japanese
Release dates
France · May 12, 2000
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · December 18, 2002
Limited theatrical
United States · April 19, 2005
Physical · DVD
Japan
April 26, 2002 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 26, 2001 · Theatrical
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