Devils on the Doorstep
- Drama
- War
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?
Cast
Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan
Jiang Hongbo
Yu'er
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu
Major Gao
Yuan Ding
Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun
Grandfather
Li Congxi
Liu Wang
Li Haibin
Me
Kenya Sawada
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu
Qiye
- Cai Weidong
Cai Weidong
Er Bozi
- Chen Lianmei
Chen Lianmei
Aunt
- Yoshimoto Miyaji
Yoshimoto Miyaji
Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
Lone-Stroke Liu
- 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
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
Japanese sergeant (uncredited)
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