Devils on the Doorstep (2001)

2h 19m
Running Time

October 26, 2001
Release Date

Devils on the Doorstep (2001)

2h 19m
Running Time

October 26, 2001
Release Date

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Plot.

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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Cast & Crew.

Li Haibin

Li Haibin

Me

Kenya Sawada

Kenya Sawada

Inokichi Sakatsuka

Cai Weidong

Cai Weidong

Er Bozi / Art Direction

Chen Lianmei

Chen Lianmei

Aunt

Yoshimoto Miyaji

Yoshimoto Miyaji

Koji Nonomura

Chen Qiang

Chen Qiang

Lone-Stroke Liu

Haiying Li

Haiying Li

Writer

Shu Chen

Shu Chen

Qiye

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

Liu Xiaodong

Liu Xiaodong

Producer

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 / Screenplay / Story

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)

Shi Jianquan

Shi Jianquan

Production Design / Writer

Gu Changwei

Gu Changwei

Director of Photography

Cui Jian

Cui Jian

Music

Haiying Li

Haiying Li

Writer / Music / Assistant Director

Xing Liu

Xing Liu

Writer / Music

You Fengwei

You Fengwei

Novel / Screenplay

Dong Ping

Dong Ping

Executive Producer

Liu Xiaodian

Liu Xiaodian

Producer

Liu Xiangdong

Liu Xiangdong

Producer

Hua Zhang

Hua Zhang

Line Producer

Zheng Quangang

Zheng Quangang

Executive Producer

Folmer Wiesinger

Folmer Wiesinger

Editor

Yifan Zhang

Yifan Zhang

Editor

Shiyun Tang

Shiyun Tang

Production Design

Ma Wenzhong

Ma Wenzhong

Assistant Director

Quan Wu

Quan Wu

Assistant Director

Yang Zhang

Yang Zhang

Assistant Director

Yijun Zhao

Yijun Zhao

Assistant Director

Steve Burgess

Steve Burgess

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

James Harvey

James Harvey

Sound Effects Editor

Francis Ward Lindsay

Francis Ward Lindsay

Foley Artist

Ling Wu

Ling Wu

Sound Recordist

Yan Geng

Yan Geng

Stunt Coordinator

Shengui Wang

Shengui Wang

Stunt Coordinator

Yongcheng Wang

Yongcheng Wang

Stunt Coordinator

Fan Yu

Fan Yu

Stunt Coordinator

Chunzhong Zhang

Chunzhong Zhang

Stunt Coordinator

Langen Zhu

Langen Zhu

Stunt Coordinator

Jun Fu

Jun Fu

Gaffer

Wang Min

Wang Min

Camera Operator

Zhao Xiaoshi

Zhao Xiaoshi

Camera Operator

Details.

Release Date
October 26, 2001

Original Name
鬼子来了

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 19m

Content Rating
NR

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

world war ii
japanese occupation of china

Wiki.

Devils on the Doorstep (simplified Chinese: 鬼子来了; traditional Chinese: 鬼子來了; Japanese: 鬼が来た!; literally "the devils are here"; the devil is a term of abuse for foreign invaders, here referring to brutal and violent Japanese invaders in China during World War II) is a 2000 Chinese black comedy war film directed, co-written and produced by Jiang Wen, starring Jiang himself, Kagawa Teruyuki, Yuan Ding and Jiang Hongbo. Shot in black and white to mimic old-time war movies, the film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival on 12 May where it won the Grand Prix. The film was initially not allowed to be shown in theaters in its native China for a certain period but has eventually been made commercially available there since.

The story takes place in a small remote village named Guajiatai (or Rack Armor Terrace) near Shanhaiguan, Hebei at the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan. One night, a mysterious man brings two captives in sacks (Japanese soldier Teruyuki and translator Dong Hanchen) to the doorstep of a peasant's (Ma Dasan) home and threatens Ma to keep them until he returns to pick them up on New Year's Eve. Fearing both the mystery man and the Japanese, the whole village falls into a dilemma over what to do with the two prisoners.

The film is inspired by the novel Survival by You Fengwei, and was greatly modified during the process of adaptation. This film shelved the theme of "the brave resistance against Japanese aggression" in the original literature, and focused on the themes of "the ignorance of the peasants" and "the absurdity of the war." Contrary to its title, Devils on the Doorstep is not at its core an anti-Japanese war film. In Jiang's own words, the film shows how Chinese literature and film has perpetuated an attitude of blaming the aggressor and casting the Chinese population as passive victims of aggression. Jiang hoped that the film illuminates this common human psychological trait of blaming others for disaster that goes beyond Chineseness.

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