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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长 長 cháng length; long; forever; always; constantly HSK 2
必须 必須 bì xū to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily HSK 2
而且 而且 ér qiě (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore HSK 2
所有 所有 suǒ yǒu all; to have; to possess; to own HSK 2
名 名 míng name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people HSK 2
成 成 chéng to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth HSK 2
不要 不要 bù yào don't!; must not HSK 2
不过 不過 bù guò only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival) HSK 2
一直 一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through HSK 2
一定 一定 yī dìng surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must HSK 2
大家 大家 dà jiā everyone; influential family; great expert HSK 2
发现 發現 fā xiàn to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery HSK 2
带 帶 dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise HSK 2
位 位 wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential HSK 2
应该 應該 yīng gāi ought to; should; must HSK 2
认为 認為 rèn wéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel HSK 2
这么 這麼 zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
向 向 xiàng towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... HSK 2
那么 那麼 nà me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2
所以 所以 suǒ yǐ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why HSK 2
当 當 dāng to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at HSK 2
像 像 xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) HSK 2
才 才 cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
更 更 gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
可能 可能 kě néng might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps HSK 2
该 該 gāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned HSK 2
但是 但是 dàn shì but; however HSK 2
它 它 tā it HSK 2
问题 問題 wèn tí question; problem; issue; topic HSK 2
只 只 zhǐ only; merely; just; but HSK 2
又 又 yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
因为 因為 yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2
如果 如果 rú guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
这样 這樣 zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
已经 已經 yǐ jīng already HSK 2
得 得 dé to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
可以 可以 kě yǐ can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
天下第一 天下第一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven; number one in the country Idiom ∼HSK 1
事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times; don't repeat the same mistake again and again; (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times Idiom ∼HSK 1
不动 不動 bù dòng motionless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
谢天谢地 謝天謝地 xiè tiān - xiè dì (idiom) thank goodness Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
白吃 白吃 bái chī to eat without paying; to eat for free Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
多谢 多謝 duō xiè many thanks; thanks a lot Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
好听 好聽 hǎo tīng pleasant to hear Xiehouyu HSK 1
好吃 好吃 hǎo chī tasty; delicious Xiehouyu HSK 1