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Devils on the Doorstep 2001 Directed by Jiang Wen 鬼子来了

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?

Country China
Production Country China
Language Mandarin
Spoken Languages English , French , Japanese , Mandarin
Gneres Drama , War
Release Date 26 October 2001
139 mins
Cast
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen Ma Dasan
Jiang Hongbo
Jiang Hongbo Yu'er
Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu
David Wu Major Gao
Yuan Ding
Yuan Ding Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun
Cong Zhijun Grandfather
Li Congxi
Li Congxi Liu Wang
Li Haibin
Li Haibin Me
Kenya Sawada
Kenya Sawada Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu
Chen Shu Qiye
Cai Weidong
Cai Weidong Er Bozi
Chen Lianmei
Chen Lianmei Aunt
Yoshimoto Miyaji
Yoshimoto Miyaji Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
Chen Qiang Lone-Stroke Liu
Jianquan Shi
Jianquan Shi Brother-in-law
Katsuhiro Nagano
Katsuhiro Nagano Telephone Line Layers
Ryosuke Uomi
Ryosuke Uomi Telephone Line Layers
Yunshen Bai
Yunshen Bai Liu Wang's Father
Haizhao Zhou
Haizhao Zhou Little Thresher Yu'er's son
Haidong Xu
Haidong Xu De'rtou
Shiru Du
Shiru Du De'rtou's Father
Youren He
Youren He Drum Singer
Yihe Wang
Yihe Wang Drum Singer
Junji Kajioka
Junji Kajioka Japanese Officer
Masayuki Yamada
Masayuki Yamada Japanese Officer
Yuta Ishiyama
Yuta Ishiyama Japanese Officer
Yayoi Inoue
Yayoi Inoue Japanese prostitute
Eri Kitahara
Eri Kitahara Japanese prostitute
Mirei Nakahara
Mirei Nakahara Japanese prostitute
Tomoko Itaya
Tomoko Itaya Japanese prostitute
Etsuko Morita
Etsuko Morita Japanese prostitute
Mineko Kokaji
Mineko Kokaji Japanese prostitute
Shu Ping
Shu Ping KMT Army Officer
Hu Jiang
Hu Jiang KMT Army Soldier
James W. Mayfield
James W. Mayfield US Marine
Abram Sauer
Abram Sauer US Marine
Jincai Jiang
Jincai Jiang Japanese dancer
Mamoru Yamada
Mamoru Yamada Japanese soldier
Yoshimoto Inoue
Yoshimoto Inoue Japanese soldier
Daisaku Uchino
Daisaku Uchino Japanese soldier
Makoto Shibazaki
Makoto Shibazaki Japanese soldier
Junichi Kajioka
Junichi Kajioka Japanese sergeant (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen
Writers
Haiying Li
Haiying Li
Xing Liu
Xing Liu
Shi Jianquan
Shi Jianquan
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen
Shu Ping
Shu Ping
You Fengwei
You Fengwei
Producers
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen
Liu Xiaodian
Liu Xiaodian
Liu Xiangdong
Liu Xiangdong
Executive Producers
Dong Ping
Dong Ping
Zheng Quangang
Zheng Quangang
Cinematography
Gu Changwei
Gu Changwei
Editors
Folmer Wiesinger
Folmer Wiesinger
Yifan Zhang
Yifan Zhang
Production Design
Shi Jianquan
Shi Jianquan
Shiyun Tang
Shiyun Tang
Sound
James Harvey
James Harvey
Original Writer
You Fengwei
You Fengwei
Story
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen
Shu Ping
Shu Ping
Art Direction
Cai Weidong
Cai Weidong
Music
Cui Jian
Cui Jian
Haiying Li
Haiying Li
Xing Liu
Xing Liu
Camera Operators
Wang Min
Wang Min
Zhao Xiaoshi
Zhao Xiaoshi
Stunts
Yan Geng
Yan Geng
Shengui Wang
Shengui Wang
Yongcheng Wang
Yongcheng Wang
Fan Yu
Fan Yu
Chunzhong Zhang
Chunzhong Zhang
Langen Zhu
Langen Zhu
Lighting
Jun Fu
Jun Fu
Assistant Directors
Haiying Li
Haiying Li
Ma Wenzhong
Ma Wenzhong
Quan Wu
Quan Wu
Yang Zhang
Yang Zhang
Yijun Zhao
Yijun Zhao