Devils on the Doorstep

December. 18,2002

Rating：

8.2

Genre：

Drama War

Keywords：

World War Ii Japanese Occupation Of China

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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?

Jiang Wen as Ma Dasan

Hongbo Jiang as Yu'er

Teruyuki Kagawa as Kosaburo Hanaya

David Wu as Major Gao

Ding Yuan as Dong Hanchen

Li Congxi as Liu Wang

Kenya Sawada as Inokichi Sakatsuka

Qiang Chen as Lone-Stroke Liu

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