Devils on the Doorstep
2001 | 139m | Mandarin
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Jiang Wen |
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| Writer: | Xing Liu, You Fengwei, Haiying Li, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Shi Jianquan |
| Staring: |
| 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? | |
| Release Date: | Oct 26, 2001 |
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| Director: | Jiang Wen |
| Writer: | Xing Liu, You Fengwei, Haiying Li, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Shi Jianquan |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | world war ii, japanese occupation of china |
| Production Companies | China Film Co-Production Corp., Asian Union Film & Entertainment, Huayi Brothers Advertising, Beijing Zhongbo-Times Film Planning, CMC Xiandai Trade Co. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 13, 2025 Entered: Oct 13, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jiang Wen | Ma Dasan |
| Jiang Hongbo | Yu'er |
| Teruyuki Kagawa | Kosaburo Hanaya |
| David Wu | Major Gao |
| Yuan Ding | Dong Hanchen |
| Cong Zhijun | Grandfather |
| Li Congxi | Liu Wang |
| Li Haibin | Me |
| Kenya Sawada | Inokichi Sakatsuka |
| Chen Shu | Qiye |
| Cai Weidong | Er Bozi |
| Chen Lianmei | Aunt |
| Yoshimoto Miyaji | Koji Nonomura |
| Chen Qiang | Lone-Stroke Liu |
| Jianquan Shi | Brother-in-law |
| Katsuhiro Nagano | Telephone Line Layers |
| Ryosuke Uomi | Telephone Line Layers |
| Yunshen Bai | Liu Wang's Father |
| Haizhao Zhou | Little Thresher Yu'er's son |
| Haidong Xu | De'rtou |
| Shiru Du | De'rtou's Father |
| Youren He | Drum Singer |
| Yihe Wang | Drum Singer |
| Junji Kajioka | Japanese Officer |
| Masayuki Yamada | Japanese Officer |
| Yuta Ishiyama | Japanese Officer |
| Yayoi Inoue | Japanese prostitute |
| Eri Kitahara | Japanese prostitute |
| Mirei Nakahara | Japanese prostitute |
| Tomoko Itaya | Japanese prostitute |
| Etsuko Morita | Japanese prostitute |
| Mineko Kokaji | Japanese prostitute |
| Shu Ping | KMT Army Officer |
| Hu Jiang | KMT Army Soldier |
| James W. Mayfield | US Marine |
| Abram Sauer | US Marine |
| Jincai Jiang | Japanese dancer |
| Mamoru Yamada | Japanese soldier |
| Yoshimoto Inoue | Japanese soldier |
| Daisaku Uchino | Japanese soldier |
| Makoto Shibazaki | Japanese soldier |
| Junichi Kajioka | Japanese sergeant (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Cui Jian | Music |
| Xing Liu | Writer, Music |
| You Fengwei | Screenplay, Novel |
| Yifan Zhang | Editor |
| Ma Wenzhong | Assistant Director |
| Steve Burgess | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Yan Geng | Stunt Coordinator |
| Chunzhong Zhang | Stunt Coordinator |
| Zhao Xiaoshi | Camera Operator |
| Gu Changwei | Director of Photography |
| Haiying Li | Writer, Assistant Director, Music |
| Shu Ping | Screenplay, Story |
| Hua Zhang | Line Producer |
| Folmer Wiesinger | Editor |
| Yijun Zhao | Assistant Director |
| Ling Wu | Sound Recordist |
| Fan Yu | Stunt Coordinator |
| Wang Min | Camera Operator |
| Jiang Wen | Director, Screenplay, Story |
| Shi Jianquan | Writer, Production Design |
| Shiyun Tang | Production Design |
| Quan Wu | Assistant Director |
| James Harvey | Sound Effects Editor |
| Shengui Wang | Stunt Coordinator |
| Langen Zhu | Stunt Coordinator |
| Li Congxi | Line Producer |
| Cai Weidong | Art Direction |
| Yang Zhang | Assistant Director |
| Francis Ward Lindsay | Foley Artist |
| Yongcheng Wang | Stunt Coordinator |
| Jun Fu | Gaffer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Liu Xiaodian | Producer |
| Zheng Quangang | Executive Producer |
| Jiang Wen | Producer |
| Liu Xiangdong | Producer |
| Dong Ping | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 547 | 793 |
badelf
8.0
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. ...
Mar 06, 2023