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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解释 解釋 jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
不管 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
看来 看來 kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
法 㳒 Fǎ France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
以及 以及 yǐ jí as well as; too; and HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
政府 政府 zhèng fǔ government HSK 4
处 處 chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
对于 對於 duì yú regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
甚至 甚至 shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
百步穿杨 百步穿楊 bǎi bù chuān yáng to shoot with great precision (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
深更半夜 深更半夜 shēn gēng bàn yè in the dead of night (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
千刀万剐 千刀萬剮 qiān dāo - wàn guǎ (idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times) Idiom ∼HSK 3
后会有期 後會有期 hòu huì yǒu qī I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. Idiom ∼HSK 3
不值钱 不值錢 bù zhí qián of little value Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
一场空 一場空 yī cháng kōng all in vain; futile Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
找死 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death; to take a big risk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
熟人 熟人 shú rén acquaintance; friend Xiehouyu HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
支那 支那 Zhī nà phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马大 馬大 Mǎ dà Martha (biblical name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村里 村裡 cūn lǐ village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
某人 某人 mǒu rén someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
九台 九臺 Jiǔ tái Jiutai District of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
金山 金山 Jīn shān Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai; Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
朝天 朝天 Cháo tiān Chaotian district of Guangyuan city, Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
民国 民國 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村子 村子 cūn zi village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
对马 對馬 Duì mǎ Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
死去 死去 sǐ qù to die ∼HSK 3