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Devils on the Doorstep

Devils on the Doorstep

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Devils on the Doorstep

2001
2h 19m
8.2(171 votes)
Drama
War

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?

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42 members
Acting

Jiang Wen

Ma Dasan

Jiang Wen
Acting

Hongbo Jiang

Yu'er

Hongbo Jiang
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香川照之

Kosaburo Hanaya

香川照之
Acting

吳大維

Major Gao

吳大維
Acting

Ding Yuan

Dong Hanchen

Ding Yuan
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Cong Zhijun

Grandfather

Cong Zhijun
Production

Li Congxi

Liu Wang

Li Congxi
Acting

李海濱

Me

李海濱
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Kenya Sawada

Inokichi Sakatsuka

Kenya Sawada
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Chen Shu

Qiye

Chen Shu
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Cai Weidong

Er Bozi

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Chen Lianmei

Aunt

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Yoshimoto Miyaji

Koji Nonomura

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Qiang Chen

Lone-Stroke Liu

Qiang Chen
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Jianquan Shi

Brother-in-law

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Katsuhiro Nagano

Telephone Line Layers

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Ryosuke Uomi

Telephone Line Layers

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Yunshen Bai

Liu Wang's Father

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Haizhao Zhou

Little Thresher Yu'er's son

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Haidong Xu

De'rtou

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Shiru Du

De'rtou's Father

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Youren He

Drum Singer

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Yihe Wang

Drum Singer

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Junji Kajioka

Japanese Officer

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山田将之

Japanese Officer

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Yuta Ishiyama

Japanese Officer

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Yayoi Inoue

Japanese prostitute

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Eri Kitahara

Japanese prostitute

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Mirei Nakahara

Japanese prostitute

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Tomoko Itaya

Japanese prostitute

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Etsuko Morita

Japanese prostitute

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Mineko Kokaji

Japanese prostitute

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Writing

Shu Ping

KMT Army Officer

Shu Ping
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Hu Jiang

KMT Army Soldier

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James W. Mayfield

US Marine

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Abram Sauer

US Marine

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Jincai Jiang

Japanese dancer

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Mamoru Yamada

Japanese soldier

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Yoshimoto Inoue

Japanese soldier

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Daisaku Uchino

Japanese soldier

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Makoto Shibazaki

Japanese soldier

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Junichi Kajioka

Japanese sergeant (uncredited)

Junichi Kajioka

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