Devils on the Doorstep

Devils on the Doorstep 2001

鬼子来了 guǐzi lái le

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?

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4.71 Intermediate Director Jiang Wen 🍅 92%

Cast

Jiang Wen Jiang Wen Ma Dasan Jiang Hongbo Jiang Hongbo Yu'er Teruyuki Kagawa Teruyuki Kagawa Kosaburo Hanaya David Wu David Wu Major Gao Yuan Ding Yuan Ding Dong Hanchen Cong Zhijun Cong Zhijun Grandfather Li Congxi Li Congxi Liu Wang Li Haibin Li Haibin Me Kenya Sawada Kenya Sawada Inokichi Sakatsuka Chen Shu Chen Shu Qiye

Vocabulary

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与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
借刀杀人 借刀殺人 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb; to get sb else to do one's dirty work; to attack using the strength of another (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
点头哈腰 點頭哈腰 diǎn tóu hā yāo to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping; unctuous fawning Idiom ∼HSK 5
没齿不忘 沒齒不忘 mò chǐ bù wàng lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out; to remember as long as one lives; unforgettable (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
浓眉大眼 濃眉大眼 nóng méi dà yǎn thick eyebrows and big eyes Idiom ∼HSK 5
手无寸铁 手無寸鐵 shǒu wú cùn tiě lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless Idiom ∼HSK 5
混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
杂种 雜種 zá zhǒng hybrid; mixed breed; bastard; son of a bitch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭美 臭美 chòu měi to show off one's good looks shamelessly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
丢面子 丟面子 diū miàn zi to lose face Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; (coll.) bandit Colloquialism HSK 5
估计 估計 gū jì to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose Colloquialism HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
舅 舅 jiù maternal uncle ∼HSK 5
董 董 Dǒng direct, supervise; surname ∼HSK 5
立正 立正 lì zhèng to stand straight; attention! (order to troops) ∼HSK 5
冢 冢 zhǒng burial mound, mausoleum; grand ∼HSK 5
鬼子 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders); (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap; Nip ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
崩 崩 bēng rupture, split apart, collapse ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
枪决 槍決 qiāng jué to execute by firing squad; same as 槍斃|枪毙 ∼HSK 5
噌 噌 cēng scold, shout at ∼HSK 5
激怒 激怒 jī nù to infuriate; to enrage; to exasperate ∼HSK 5
忒 忒 tè excessive; too; very-usually of objectionable things; to err; to mistake; changeable ∼HSK 5
宿 㝛 sù stop, rest, lodge, stay overnight; constellation ∼HSK 5
炕 匟 kàng the brick-bed in northern China ∼HSK 5
掖 掖 yē support with the arms; stick in, tuck in; fold up ∼HSK 5
骂人 罵人 mà rén to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone ∼HSK 5
躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb) ∼HSK 5
有理 有理 yǒu lǐ reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational ∼HSK 5
怨不得 怨不得 yuàn bu de cannot blame; no wonder ∼HSK 5
上供 上供 shàng gòng to make offerings (to gods or ancestors); to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor ∼HSK 5
何以 何以 hé yǐ (literary) why; how ∼HSK 5
憎恨 憎恨 zēng hèn to detest; hatred ∼HSK 5
放枪 放槍 fàng qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun ∼HSK 5
弥 彌 mí extensive, full; fill; complete ∼HSK 5
记恨 記恨 jì hèn to bear grudges ∼HSK 5
俘 俘 fú prisoner of war; take as prisoner ∼HSK 5
嘴巴子 嘴巴子 zuǐ ba zi slap ∼HSK 5
老虎凳 老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) ∼HSK 5
谨 謹 jǐn prudent, cautious; attentive ∼HSK 5
起立 起立 qǐ lì to stand; Stand up! ∼HSK 5
朕 朕 zhèn I/We (royal we, used by emperors) ∼HSK 5
皇 皇 Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
战俘 戰俘 zhàn fú prisoner of war ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
寇 㓂 kòu bandits, thieves; enemy; invade ∼HSK 5