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8.4/10   1,739 votes
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Director:
Wen Jiang
Writers:
Wen Jiang (screenplay)
Wen Jiang (story)
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Release Date:
14 March 2001 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Plot:
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
6 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
War conquers all more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Wen Jiang ... Ma Dasan
Yihong Jiang ... Yu'er (as Hongbo Jiang)
Teruyuki Kagawa ... Kosaburo Hanaya
Ding Yuan ... Dong Hanchen
Zhijun Cong ... Grandfather
Zi Xi ... Liu Wang
Haibin Li ... Me
Kenya Sawada ... Inokichi Sakatsuka
Weidong Cai ... Er Bozi
Lianmei Chen ... Aunt
Yoshimoto Miyaji ... Koji Nonomura
Qiang Chen ... 'One-Stroke' Liu
David Wu ... Major Gao
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Devils on the Doorstep (International: English title)
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Runtime:
139 min | France:162 min (Cannes Film Festival)
Country:
China
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
War conquers all, 5 June 2003
10/10
Author: stripy from Slovenia

The movie is about the Japanese occupation of China during WWII. It is very humorous and shows the human side of people in the war, be it Japanese or Chinese. Because of that the movie was heavily criticized by the Chinese government who accuses it of being too sympathetic to the Japanese. They even object to one scene where a Chinese peasant feeds a Japanese prisoner because (as they put it) no self respecting Chinaman would do that when food was scarce.

While most war time movies seen in the West concentrate on war in Europe and Pacific, this one gives another perspective. Though at times hilarious and grotesque the movie ends in tragedy as the might of war taker over humanity again. It's a must see: 10/10

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