Directed by:
Wen JiangCinematography:
Changwei GuComposer:
Xing LiuCast:
Wen Jiang, Yihong Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ping Shu, Junichi Kajioka, Kenya Sawada, Hongbo JiangPlots(1)
Jiang Wen's ravishingly photographed anti-war epic is set in 1945 in a Japanese-occupied rural Chinese village. Ma Dasan (Wen), a peasant, who, one night at gunpoint, is compelled to shelter two prisoners. One is a captured Japanese soldier who wants to be killed, the other his Chinese interpreter, who wants to stay alive. As the days turn into months, Dasan and his fellow villagers keep their unwanted guests hidden from the Japanese forces, while deciding whether or not to execute their captives. A plan to exchange the men for grain leads to the film's harrowing and devastating climax. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Wen Jiang
China
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Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
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Yihong Jiang
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Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
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Teruyuki Kagawa
Japan
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Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
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Ping Shu
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Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
Junichi Kajioka
Japan
Best movies:
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Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
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Kenya Sawada
Japan
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Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
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Hongbo Jiang
China
Best movies:
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)