Devils on the Doorstep
Chinese · 鬼子来了
Directed by Jiang Wen
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?
- Released
- 26 Oct 2001
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Also known as
- During That War, guǐzi láile, Los demonios en mi puerta, Les démons à ma porte
- Country
- China
- Language
- Chinese
- Screenplay
- Jiang Wen, Shu Ping, You Fengwei
- Writers
- Haiying Li, Shi Jianquan
- Story
- Jiang Wen, Shu Ping
- Cinematography
- Gu Changwei
- Editors
- Folmer Wiesinger, Yifan Zhang
- Elsewhere
- TMDB
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- Drama
- War
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