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Devils on the Doorstep
Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.
Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.
Drama, War - 2001
Devils on the Doorstep
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8.2
92%
70
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?
Director:
,
Jiang Wen
Cast:
,
Teruyuki Kagawa
,
Jiang Wen
,
Jiang Hongbo
,
David Wu
,
Cong Zhijun
,
Li Congxi
,
David Wu Dai-Wai
,
Yuan Ding
,
Zi Xi

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Details

Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
139 min
Release date:
26 Oct 2001
Country:
CN
Languages:
French, Chinese, Japanese, English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$20,000
Awards:
7 wins & 3 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
In its dry and forceful way, it delivers the same message as Jiri Menzel's Closely Watched Trains and Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
18 Dec 2002
fresh:
A wild ride that effortlessly combines devilish dark humor, slapstick comedy, extreme violence and bitter satire.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
18 Dec 2002
fresh:
Shot in rich, shadowy black-and-white, Devils chronicles, with increasingly amused irony, the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives.
– Dennis Lim,
Village Voice,
17 Dec 2002
rotten:
There's a gem of an idea lurking inside this movie, but the film is burdened with an overwrought and static first hour and wild tonal fluctuation.
– ,
Hollywood Reporter,
8 Aug 2002
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