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  1. Mar 14, 2001 · Devils on the Doorstep: Directed by Wen Jiang. With Wen Jiang, Hongbo Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ding Yuan. Villagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.

    • (8.7K)
    • Comedy, Drama, War
    • Wen Jiang
    • 2001-03-14
  2. Released April 19th, 2005, 'Devils on the Doorstep' stars Jiang Wen, Jiang Hongbo, Teruyuki Kagawa, David Ng The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 19 min, and received a user score of 81 (out of ...

  3. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Devils on the Doorstep is a comically told tragedy. The characters and story-telling are great. The characters ...

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  4. Devils on the Doorstep (simplified Chinese: 鬼子来了; traditional Chinese: 鬼子來了; Japanese: 鬼が来た!; literally "the devils are here"; the devil is a term of abuse for foreign invaders, here referring to brutal and violent Japanese invaders in China during World War II) is a 2000 Chinese black comedy war film directed, co-written and produced by Jiang Wen, starring Jiang ...

  5. Devils on the Doorstep chronicles a group of small town Chinese folks' ordeal to dispose of two captured Japanese invaders that are unexpectedly sent to their doorstep. It starts on a highly farcical tone already, as we witness the absurd interplays between the two sides, whose lost-in-translation conversations produce truly solid comical effects.

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    • Jiang Wen
  6. During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant’s home in a small town. 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. About this movie. 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. Shot in black and white to mimic old-time war movies, the film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival on 12 May where it won the Grand Prix.