Devils on the Doorstep
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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HD
Comedy, Drama, War
2000
139 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Devils on the Doorstep
- Duration : 139 min
- Languages : Mandarin, Japanese, English
- Writers : Wen Jiang (screenplay), Wen Jiang (story), Haiying Li, Xing Liu, Jianquan Shi, Ping Shu (screenplay), Ping Shu (story), Fengwei You (novel), Fengwei You (screenplay)
- Directors : Wen Jiang min
- Imdb : 8.2 (4599 votes)
- Tomatoes : 4.2 (1578 votes)
- Actors : Wen Jiang, Yihong Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ding Yuan
Movie Storyline
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?