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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凑齐 湊齊 còu qí to collect all the bits to make a whole ∼HSK 6
添麻烦 添麻煩 tiān má fan to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
脚正不怕鞋歪 腳正不怕鞋歪 jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe; an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom) ∼HSK 6
奏乐 奏樂 zòu yuè to perform music; to play a tune ∼HSK 6
进行曲 進行曲 jìn xíng qǔ march (musical) ∼HSK 6
好哇 好哇 hǎo wā hurray!; hurrah!; yippee! ∼HSK 6
尽兴 盡興 jìn xìng to enjoy oneself to the full; to one's heart's content ∼HSK 6
咽下 嚥下 yàn xià to swallow ∼HSK 6
人逢喜事精神爽 人逢喜事精神爽 rén féng xǐ shì jīng shén shuǎng joyous occasions lift one's spirits (idiom); good news makes a person feel refreshed and energized ∼HSK 6
适才 適才 shì cái just now (literary) ∼HSK 6
甘愿 甘願 gān yuàn willingly ∼HSK 6
佳人 佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
忘情 忘情 wàng qíng unmoved; indifferent; unruffled by sentiment ∼HSK 6
奴家 奴家 nú jiā (old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female) ∼HSK 6
相貌 相貌 xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
在野 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office; to be out of power ∼HSK 6
超然 超然 chāo rán aloof; detached; disinterested; impartial ∼HSK 6
回娘家 回孃家 huí niáng jiā (of a wife) to return to her parental home; (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc ∼HSK 6
拨出 撥出 bō chū to pull out; to allocate (funds); to dial ∼HSK 6
掐死 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle; to choke to death ∼HSK 6
撒手 撒手 sā shǒu to let go of sth; to give up ∼HSK 6
磨蹭 磨蹭 mó ceng to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag ∼HSK 6
陛下 陛下 bìxià Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
涂炭 塗炭 tú tàn extreme distress; in utter misery ∼HSK 6
赤子 赤子 chì zǐ newborn baby; the people (of a country) ∼HSK 6
光景 光景 guāng jǐng circumstances; scene; about; probably ∼HSK 6
唱曲 唱曲 chàng qǔ to sing a song ∼HSK 6
畏罪潜逃 畏罪潛逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice ∼HSK 6
民愤 民憤 mín fèn public outrage ∼HSK 6
肆意 肆意 sì yì wantonly; recklessly; willfully ∼HSK 6
损毁 損毀 sǔn huǐ to damage; to wreck; to destroy ∼HSK 6
缔造 締造 dì zào to found; to create ∼HSK 6
壮举 壯舉 zhuàng jǔ magnificent feat; impressive feat; heroic undertaking; heroic attempt ∼HSK 6
砍杀 砍殺 kǎn shā to attack with a bladed weapon ∼HSK 6
深仇大恨 深仇大恨 shēn chóu dà hèn deep hatred and bitter enmity (idiom); profound, blood-deep resentment ∼HSK 6
狂轰滥炸 狂轟濫炸 kuáng hōng làn zhà to bomb indiscriminately ∼HSK 6
蒙受 蒙受 méng shòu to suffer; to sustain (loss) ∼HSK 6
枪炮 槍砲 qiāng pào firearm ∼HSK 6
恩人 恩人 ēn rén a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else HSK 6
中华 中華 Zhōng huá China (alternate formal name) HSK 6
神色 神色 shén sè expression; look HSK 6
不值 不值 bù zhí not worth HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) HSK 6
柱子 柱子 zhù zi pillar HSK 6
内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about HSK 6
踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [tà shí] HSK 6
抽空 抽空 chōu kòng to find the time to do sth HSK 6
热点 熱點 rè diǎn hot spot; point of special interest HSK 6