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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枪伤 槍傷 qiāng shāng gunshot wound ∼HSK 5
馀 餘 Yú surplus, excess, remainder ∼HSK 5
悲苦 悲苦 bēi kǔ forlorn; miserable ∼HSK 5
允 允 yǔn permit ∼HSK 5
口粮 口糧 kǒu liáng ration ∼HSK 5
笑纳 笑納 xiào nà to kindly accept (an offering) ∼HSK 5
偿 償 cháng repay, recompense; restitution ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
立下 立下 lì xià to set up; to establish ∼HSK 5
中枪 中槍 zhòng qiāng to be hit by a gun; shot ∼HSK 5
瘌 瘌 là severe; poisonous; dangerous; itch and other skin diseases ∼HSK 5
轩 軒 Xuān carriage; high; wide; balcony ∼HSK 5
敝 敝 bì break, destroy; broken, tattered ∼HSK 5
如云 如雲 rú yún like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous) ∼HSK 5
鞠 鞠 Jū bow, bend; rear, raise, nourish ∼HSK 5
躬 躬 gōng body; personally, in person ∼HSK 5
兔崽子 兔崽子 tù zǎi zi brat; bastard ∼HSK 5
堀 堀 kū cave, hole ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
豪强 豪強 háo qiáng despot; tyrant; bully ∼HSK 5
前厅 前廳 qián tīng anteroom; vestibule; lobby (of a hotel etc) ∼HSK 5
饮酒 飲酒 yǐn jiǔ drink wine ∼HSK 5
窖 窖 jiào pit, cellar ∼HSK 5
盔甲 盔甲 kuī jiǎ armor; body armor and helmet ∼HSK 5
关押 關押 guān yā to imprison; to lock up (in jail) ∼HSK 5
大势 大勢 dà shì overall trend ∼HSK 5
惨遭 慘遭 cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc) ∼HSK 5
殊 殊 shū different, special, unusual ∼HSK 5
如斯 如斯 rú sī (literary) in this way; so ∼HSK 5
兆 兆 Zhào omen; million; mega; also trillion. China = million; Japan and Taiwan = trillion ∼HSK 5
慰 慰 wèi comfort, console, calm ∼HSK 5
祖 祖 Zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather ∼HSK 5
蹶 蹶 jué stumble, fall down; trample ∼HSK 5
盟军 盟軍 méng jūn allied forces ∼HSK 5
稍息 稍息 shào xī (military) Stand at ease! ∼HSK 5
手软 手軟 shǒu ruǎn to be lenient; to relent; to be reluctant to make a hard decision; to think twice ∼HSK 5
地府 地府 dì fǔ hell; the nether world; Hades ∼HSK 5
委员长 委員長 wěi yuán zhǎng head of a committee ∼HSK 5
何谓 何謂 hé wèi (literary) what is?; what is the meaning of? ∼HSK 5
驱 驅 qū spur a horse on; expel, drive away ∼HSK 5
劣 劣 liè bad, inferior; slightly ∼HSK 5
迫 廹 pò coerce, force, compel; urgent ∼HSK 5
切齿 切齒 qiè chǐ to gnash one's teeth (in anger) ∼HSK 5
打碎 打碎 dǎ suì to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces ∼HSK 5
将士 將士 jiàng shì officers and soldiers ∼HSK 5
焉 焉 yān thereupon, then; how? why? where? ∼HSK 5
动武 動武 dòng wǔ to use force; to come to blows ∼HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
不免 不免 bù miǎn inevitably HSK 5
胡须 鬍鬚 hú xū beard HSK 5