Devils on the Doorstep
- Original title
- Guizi lai le (Devils on the Doorstep)
- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 130 min.
- Country
- China
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Jiang Wen
- Haibin Li
- Jiang Hongbo
- Cong Zhijun
- Teruyuki Kagawa
- Ding Yuan
- Zi Xi
- Chen Qiang
- Yoshimoto Miyaji
- David Wu
- Kenya Sawada
- Weidong Cai
- Lianmei Chen
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. War | China-Japan War (II)
- Synopsis
- 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?
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2000: Cannes: Grand Jury Prize
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