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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怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
三小 三小 sān xiǎo (Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin) ∼HSK 1
小日本 小日本 xiǎo Rì běn (derog.) Japanese person; Jap ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
哪一个 哪一個 nǎ yī ge which ∼HSK 1
穿衣 穿衣 chuān yī to put on clothes; to get dressed ∼HSK 1
半点 半點 bàn diǎn the least bit ∼HSK 1
年三十 年三十 nián sān shí last day of the lunar year; Chinese New Year's Eve ∼HSK 1
要人 要人 yào rén important person ∼HSK 1
送走 送走 sòng zǒu to see off; to send off ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
难住 難住 nán zhù to baffle; to stump ∼HSK 1
话匣子 話匣子 huà xiá zi phonograph or radio (old term); chatterbox; talkative person ∼HSK 1
十四 十四 shí sì fourteen; 14 ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
了得 了得 liǎo de exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling ∼HSK 1
想开 想開 xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on ∼HSK 1
找不到 找不到 zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
到时 到時 dào shí at that (future) time ∼HSK 1
褥子 褥子 rù zi cotton-padded mattress ∼HSK 1
前儿 前兒 qián r before; day before yesterday ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
走出 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) ∼HSK 1
听不见 聽不見 tīng bu jiàn not be able to hear ∼HSK 1
下回 下回 xià huí next chapter; next time ∼HSK 1
学到 學到 xué dào to learn (sth); to learn about ∼HSK 1
说到 說到 shuō dào to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for ∼HSK 1
送人 送人 sòng rén to give away; to accompany; to see sb off ∼HSK 1
人从 人從 rén cóng retinue; hangers-on ∼HSK 1
脑门子 腦門子 nǎo mén zi forehead (dialect) ∼HSK 1
出了事 出了事 chū le shì sth bad happened ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
记不住 記不住 jì bu zhù can't remember ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
后半 後半 hòu bàn latter half ∼HSK 1
高看 高看 gāo kàn to attach importance to sth; to value ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
婊子 婊子 biǎo zi prostitute; whore ∼HSK 1
人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1