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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杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
油然而生 油然而生 yóu rán ér shēng arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous; to spring up unbidden (of emotion) Idiom ∼HSK 4
就地正法 就地正法 jiù dì zhèng fǎ to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution; to carry out the law on the spot Idiom ∼HSK 4
王八 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
垃圾 垃圾 lā jī trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
日军 日軍 Rì jūn Japanese army; Japanese troops Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天皇 天皇 Tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns; emperor; emperor of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
野村 野村 Yě cūn Nomura (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同乡 同鄉 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
高梁 高梁 Gāo liáng Takahashi (name); Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan; Highbridge (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
慈禧太后 慈禧太后 Cí xǐ tài hòu Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秦始皇 秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日方 日方 Rì fāng the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
靖国神社 靖國神社 Jìng guó Shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大英 大英 Dà yīng Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
井上 井上 Jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西固 西固 Xī gù Xigu District of Lanzhou City, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中英 中英 Zhōng Yīng Sino-British; Chinese-English Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美苏 美蘇 Měi Sū American-Soviet (tension, rapprochement etc) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
丘吉尔 丘吉爾 Qiū jí ěr variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
斯大林 斯大林 Sī dà lín Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波斯 波斯 Bō sī Persia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日本鬼子 日本鬼子 Rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
一战 一戰 Yī zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
为啥 為啥 wèi shá dialectal equivalent of ∼HSK 4
败类 敗類 bài lèi scum of a community; degenerate ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
森 森 Sēn forest; luxuriant vegetation ∼HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
烟卷 煙捲 yān juǎn cigarette; cigar ∼HSK 4
裤腰带 褲腰帶 kù yāo dài waistband ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
比划 比劃 bǐ hua to gesture; to gesticulate; to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher; to fight; to come to blows ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4