Devils on the Doorstep

Name: Devils on the Doorstep
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2001-10-26
Duration: 139 min
Rating: 8.2

Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.

2h 19m Japanese, English, French, Mandarin

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Devils on the Doorstep

Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.

2h 19m Japanese, English, French, Mandarin

★ #22,836 Drama War

#world war ii #japanese occupation of china

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?

Director Jiang Wen