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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码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral; counter; chip; token; (old) ready money; cash; standard weight (used on a balance scale) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
剥皮 剝皮 bāo pí to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2] Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
皇军 皇軍 huáng jūn imperial army (esp. Japanese) ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
瞎编 瞎編 xiā biān to fabricate (a story) ∼HSK 6
寻思 尋思 xún sī to consider; to ponder ∼HSK 6
没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life; to die; recklessly; desperately ∼HSK 6
麻花 麻花 má huā fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough); worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) ∼HSK 6
正经事 正經事 zhèng jīng shì an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc) ∼HSK 6
蹲下 蹲下 dūn xià to squat down; to crouch ∼HSK 6
麻袋 麻袋 má dài sack; burlap bag ∼HSK 6
宰人 宰人 zǎi rén to overcharge; to rip sb off ∼HSK 6
碌碡 碌碡 liù zhou stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc); Taiwan pr. [lu4 du2] ∼HSK 6
闹腾 鬧騰 nào teng to disturb; to create confusion; to make a din ∼HSK 6
麻子 麻子 má zi pockmark ∼HSK 6
鬼胎 鬼胎 guǐ tāi sinister design; ulterior motive ∼HSK 6
低俗 低俗 dī sú vulgar; poor taste ∼HSK 6
口供 口供 kǒu gòng oral confession (as opposed to); statement; deposition ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
手印 手印 shǒu yìn handprint; fingerprint; thumbprint ∼HSK 6
印子 印子 yìn zi trace; impression (e.g. footprint); abbr. of, usury ∼HSK 6
招来 招來 zhāo lái to attract; to incur ∼HSK 6
理儿 理兒 lǐ r reason ∼HSK 6
瞅见 瞅見 chǒu jiàn to see ∼HSK 6
迎亲 迎親 yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride; to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house ∼HSK 6
持刀 持刀 chí dāo to hold a knife; knife-wielding ∼HSK 6
含笑九泉 含笑九泉 hán xiào jiǔ quán 含: hold in mouth; cherish; contain · 笑: smile, laugh, giggle; snicker · 九: nine · 泉: spring, fountain; wealth, money ∼HSK 6
扑腾 撲騰 pū teng (onom.) thud; flutter; flop ∼HSK 6
沾亲带故 沾親帶故 zhān qīn - dài gù (idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc) ∼HSK 6
吭哧 吭哧 kēng chi to puff and blow; to whimper ∼HSK 6
优待 優待 yōu dài preferential treatment; to give preferential treatment ∼HSK 6
浴血 浴血 yù xuè blood-soaked ∼HSK 6
仰天 仰天 yǎng tiān to face upwards; to look up to the sky ∼HSK 6
儿媳妇 兒媳婦 ér xí fù daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
老公公 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man; husband's father; father-in-law; court eunuch ∼HSK 6
等闲之辈 等閒之輩 děng xián zhī bèi (in the negative) (not) to be trifled with ∼HSK 6
消灾 消災 xiāo zāi to avoid calamities ∼HSK 6
糟踏 糟踏 zāo tà variant of ∼HSK 6
不止一次 不止一次 bù zhǐ yī cì many times; on more than one occasion ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
掺和 摻和 chān huo to mix; to put together; to interfere in; to get involved in ∼HSK 6
端屎 端屎 duān shǐ to support a child (or invalid etc) while he or she defecates ∼HSK 6
端尿 端尿 duān niào to support a child (or invalid etc) while he or she urinates ∼HSK 6
私藏 私藏 sī cáng to keep hidden; to keep in one's private possession; secret store; stash ∼HSK 6
死罪 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies ∼HSK 6
拐弯儿 拐彎兒 guǎi wān r erhua variant of ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
寻死觅活 尋死覓活 xún sǐ mì huó 寻: seek, search, look for; ancient · 死: die; dead; death · 觅: seek; search · 活: live, exist, survive; lively ∼HSK 6