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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.
Mar 14, 2001 · A villager in World War II China is forced to host two enemy prisoners in his house. The film explores the themes of survival, betrayal and morality in a darkly humorous way.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Wen Jiang
- 2001-03-14
A 2000 Chinese comedy drama film by Wen Jiang about villagers in World War II China who capture and torture two Japanese prisoners. The film has a 91% critics rating and a 95% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviews praising its dark humor, irony and satire.
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- Wen Jiang
- Wen Jiang
- Comedy, Drama
Dec 18, 2002 · A peasant is forced to host two Japanese prisoners in his home during the occupation of China. The film explores the themes of resistance, collaboration and survival in a small town.
A Chinese villager is forced to host two prisoners, a Japanese soldier and a Chinese interpreter, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film explores the themes of betrayal, survival and morality in a war-torn society.
Plot. During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners (a Japanese soldier & Chinese translator for the Japanese) are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners for 5 days, until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected.
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Devils on the Doorstep 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.
