Is Devils on the Doorstep (鬼子来了) right for your family?
Movie 2001 139 min
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?
What's inside
The war and occupation context suggests violence, while the villagers' struggle indicates emotional and social themes.
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