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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人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
年年 年年 nián nián year after year; yearly; every year; annually ∼HSK 1
第五 第五 dì wǔ fifth ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
老天 老天 lǎo tiān God; Heavens ∼HSK 1
好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions ∼HSK 1
分点 分點 fēn diǎn point of division ∼HSK 1
这天 這天 zhè tiān this day ∼HSK 1
正要 正要 zhèng yào to be just about to; to be on the point of ∼HSK 1
打小 打小 dǎ xiǎo (dialect) from childhood; from a young age ∼HSK 1
八十 八十 bā shí eighty; 80 ∼HSK 1
家去 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
阁下 閣下 gé xià your distinguished self; your majesty; sire ∼HSK 1
有话要说 有話要說 yǒu huà yào shuō to speak one's mind ∼HSK 1
不兴 不興 bù xīng out of fashion; outmoded; impermissible; can't ∼HSK 1
家门 家門 jiā mén house door; family clan ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
看在 看在 kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged; flat; dead (of batteries) ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
人儿 人兒 rén r figurine ∼HSK 1
白吃白喝 白吃白喝 bái chī bái hē to freeload ∼HSK 1
老叟 老叟 lǎo sǒu old man ∼HSK 1
年少 年少 nián shào young; junior ∼HSK 1
撩人 撩人 liáo rén to attract; to titillate ∼HSK 1
歌儿 歌兒 gē r song ∼HSK 1
先人 先人 xiān rén ancestor; forefather; sb's late father ∼HSK 1
三两 三兩 sān liǎng two or three ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
站起来 站起來 zhàn qǐ lai to stand up ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
诏书 詔書 zhào shū imperial edict ∼HSK 1
欢 歡 huān happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy ∼HSK 1
大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) ∼HSK 1
一二 一二 yī èr one or two; a few; a little; just a bit ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
住手 住手 zhù shǒu to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
国门 國門 guó mén (archaic) capital's gate; country's border ∼HSK 1
买菜 買菜 mǎi cài to buy groceries ∼HSK 1
是日 是日 shì rì (formal) this day; that day ∼HSK 1
拿人 拿人 ná rén making things awkward; to cause difficulties; to exert influence; to attract ∼HSK 1
半年 半年 bàn nián half a year HSK 1
本子 本子 běn zi book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; edition HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
关上 關上 guān shàng to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) HSK 1
中文 中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language HSK 1
下雨 下雨 xià yǔ to rain HSK 1