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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食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
非要 非要 fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) ∼HSK 3
人心 人心 rén xīn popular feeling; the will of the people ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
鼎力 鼎力 dǐng lì (honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help ∼HSK 3
相帮 相幫 xiāng bāng to help one another; to aid ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
心眼 心眼 xīn yǎn heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance ∼HSK 3
一总 一總 yī zǒng altogether; in all ∼HSK 3
左转 左轉 zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left ∼HSK 3
拍马 拍馬 pāi mǎ to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; fig. to encourage; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady ∼HSK 3
春光 春光 chūn guāng scenes of springtime; the radiance of spring; (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic; an indication of a love affair ∼HSK 3
秋凉 秋涼 qiū liáng the cool of autumn ∼HSK 3
日光 日光 rì guāng sunlight ∼HSK 3
点破 點破 diǎn pò to lay bare in a few words; to expose with a word; to point out bluntly ∼HSK 3
出奇 出奇 chū qí extraordinary; exceptional; unusual ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
亲事 親事 qīn shì marriage ∼HSK 3
小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre; minor key (in music) ∼HSK 3
称之为 稱之為 chēng zhī wéi to call it...; known as... ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
硝烟 硝煙 xiāo yān smoke (from guns) ∼HSK 3
抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) ∼HSK 3
住所 住所 zhù suǒ habitation; dwelling place; residence ∼HSK 3
右转 右轉 yòu zhuǎn to turn right ∼HSK 3
检举 檢舉 jiǎn jǔ to report (an offense to the authorities); to inform against sb ∼HSK 3
鲁 魯 Lǔ foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar ∼HSK 3
伪 偽 wěi false, counterfeit, bogus ∼HSK 3
双亲 雙親 shuāng qīn both parents ∼HSK 3
杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill ∼HSK 3
接受者 接受者 jiē shòu zhě recipient; person receiving sth ∼HSK 3
死刑 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty; capital punishment ∼HSK 3
初一 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school HSK 3
说到底 說到底 shuō dào dǐ in the final analysis; in the end ∼HSK 3
理发 理髮 lǐ fà to get a haircut; to have one's hair done; to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut HSK 3
长城 長城 Cháng chéng the Great Wall HSK 3
推开 推開 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject; to decline HSK 3
认得 認得 rèn de to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know HSK 3
故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home; homeland; native place HSK 3
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc) HSK 3
暖和 暖和 nuǎn huo warm; nice and warm HSK 3
老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
不光 不光 bù guāng not the only one; not only HSK 3
中华民族 中華民族 Zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation; the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) HSK 3
底下 底下 dǐ xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
干吗 幹嗎 gàn má see 干嘛 HSK 3
告别 告別 gào bié to leave; to part from; to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to HSK 3
补充 補充 bǔ chōng to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary HSK 3
带领 帶領 dài lǐng to guide; to lead HSK 3
跳舞 跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance HSK 3