Devils on the Doorstep
“Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.”
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?
Yuan Dingas Dong Hanchen
Li Haibinas Me
Cai Weidongas Er Bozi
Chen Lianmeias Aunt
Yoshimoto Miyajias Koji Nonomura
Ryosuke Uomias Telephone Line Layers
Yunshen Baias Liu Wang's Father
Haizhao Zhouas Little Thresher Yu'er's son
Haidong Xuas De'rtou
Shiru Duas De'rtou's Father
Youren Heas Drum Singer
Yihe Wangas Drum Singer
Junji Kajiokaas Japanese Officer
Masayuki Yamadaas Japanese Officer