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Devils on the Doorstep

NR
Movie
2001
2h 19m
Mandarin
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?
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8.4
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Devils on the Doorstep (2001) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
81

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Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu
Major Gao
Yuan Ding
Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun
Grandfather
Li Congxi
Liu Wang
Kenya Sawada
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Yoshimoto Miyaji
Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
Lone-Stroke Liu
Directed By: Jiang Wen
Written By: Jiang Wen

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badelf
2 years ago
A fantastic anti-war narrative by Jiang Wen that clocks in at 140 minutes and is so well-paced that it feels like half that time. The comedic overtone that permeates the movie serves to provide comic relief and underscore the strong anti-war, anti-nationalist message.
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