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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办 辦 bàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with HSK 2
米 米 mǐ rice; meter (classifier) HSK 2
使用 使用 shǐ yòng to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of HSK 2
脸 臉 liǎn face HSK 2
换 換 huàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) HSK 2
份 份 fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
面 面 miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
句 句 jù sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse HSK 2
越 越 Yuè generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 HSK 2
以为 以為 yǐ wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
片 片 piān disk; sheet HSK 2
生 生 shēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student HSK 2
万 萬 mò used in 俟 HSK 2
离开 離開 lí kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
讲 講 jiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture HSK 2
改变 改變 gǎi biàn to change; to alter; to transform HSK 2
掉 掉 diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2
特别 特別 tè bié unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular HSK 2
以前 以前 yǐ qián before; formerly; previous; ago HSK 2
加 加 jiā to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) HSK 2
变 變 biàn to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion HSK 2
帮助 幫助 bāng zhù assistance; aid; to help; to assist HSK 2
求 求 qiú to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech HSK 2
能够 能夠 néng gòu to be capable of; to be able to; can HSK 2
道 道 dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
其中 其中 qí zhōng among; in; included among these HSK 2
接受 接受 jiē shòu to accept; to receive HSK 2
有人 有人 yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
原因 原因 yuán yīn cause; origin; root cause; reason HSK 2
虽然 雖然 suī rán although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) HSK 2
刚 剛 gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
接 接 jiē to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb HSK 2
队 隊 duì squadron; team; group HSK 2
信 信 xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
全 全 quán all; whole; entire; every; complete HSK 2
可是 可是 kě shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
完 完 wán to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire HSK 2
机会 機會 jī huì opportunity; chance; occasion HSK 2
不错 不錯 bù cuò correct; right; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
安全 安全 ān quán safe; secure; safety; security HSK 2
参加 參加 cān jiā to participate; to take part; to join HSK 2
过去 過去 guò qù (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2
见到 見到 jiàn dào to see HSK 2
头 頭 tóu head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock HSK 2
为什么 為什麼 wèi shén me why?; for what reason? HSK 2
件 件 jiàn item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc HSK 2
场 場 chǎng large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier for sporting or recreational activities; classifier for number of exams HSK 2
条 條 tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) HSK 2
然后 然後 rán hòu then; after that; afterwards HSK 2
事情 事情 shì qing affair; matter; thing; business HSK 2