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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 ...
- Jiang Wen, Dong Ping, Yang Hongguang, Liu Xiaodian, Liu Xiaodong
- Cui Jian, Liu Xing, Li Haiying
- US$3.9 million, US$2.6 million
- Jiang Wen, Kagawa Teruyuki, Yuan Ding, Jiang Hongbo
Mar 14, 2001 · A 2000 film by Wen Jiang about a peasant family in WWII China who host two Japanese prisoners. The film explores the themes of war, betrayal, and human nature with humor and satire.
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- Wen Jiang, Kenya Sawada, Hongbo Jiang
- Wen Jiang
A 2000 movie about two Japanese soldiers captured by Chinese villagers during World War II. The film mixes dark humor, slapstick, violence and satire to explore the absurdity and cruelty of war.
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- Wen Jiang
- Wen Jiang
- Comedy, Drama
Jiang Wen's grimly amusing antiwar film ''Devils on the Doorstep'' is set in an impoverished farming village in northern China near the Great Wall during the winter of 1944 and '45. Although the ...
Apr 15, 2005 · Home Vision Entertainment has scored a hot title in Devils on the Doorstep, which is presented in a perfect enhanced B&W transfer that changes to color only for the last couple of shots. The insert flyer includes a disclaimer to the effect that this 139-minute cut is the director's finished and approved version of the film.
- Wen Jiang
- Sawada Kenya
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. The film was initially not allowed to be shown in theaters in its ...
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In a small village near the Great Wall, against the backdrop of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the ordinary lives of its inhabitants are about to change drastically when two prisoners are dumped into the house of the unsuspecting peasant, Ma Dasan. But, as if that weren't enough, while entrusted with keeping a belligerent Japanese sergeant and a ...
