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Devils on the Doorstep
Directed by
Jiang Wen
Not Rated
2000
2h 19m
Drama
,
War
,
and more
8.2
91%
95%
8.2
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Villagers in World War II China are unsure what to do with the two enemy prisoners who have been left in their care.
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Cast of Devils on the Doorstep
Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan / Director / Screenplay / Producer
Jiang Hongbo
Yu'er
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kosaburo Hanaya
David Wu
Major Gao
Yuan Ding
Dong Hanchen
Cong Zhijun
Grandfather
Li Congxi
Liu Wang / Line Producer
Li Haibin
Me
Kenya Sawada
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Chen Shu
Qiye
Cai Weidong
Er Bozi / Art Direction
Chen Lianmei
Aunt
Yoshimoto Miyaji
Koji Nonomura
Chen Qiang
Lone-Stroke Liu
Jianquan Shi
Brother-in-law
Katsuhiro Nagano
Telephone Line Layers
Ryosuke Uomi
Telephone Line Layers
Yunshen Bai
Liu Wang's Father
Haizhao Zhou
Little Thresher Yu'er's son
Haidong Xu
De'rtou
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Devils on the Doorstep Ratings & Reviews
Arizona Daily Star
Phil Villarreal
The tonal shifts are jolting, and though Wen's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered, more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive.
Film Journal International
Par Parekh
Undeniably impressive.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The farcical elements seemed too pat and familiar to hold my interest, yet its diverting grim message is a good one.
Premiere Magazine
Joe McGovern
Rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword, Jiang Wen's Devils on the Doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of Joseph Heller or Kurt Vonnegut.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
This boisterous comedy serves up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of Chinese, one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
In its dry and forceful way, it delivers the same message as Jiri Menzel's Closely Watched Trains and Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
A wild ride that effortlessly combines devilish dark humor, slapstick comedy, extreme violence and bitter satire.
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
Shot in rich, shadowy black-and-white, Devils chronicles, with increasingly amused irony, the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives.
The Hollywood Reporter
There's a gem of an idea lurking inside this movie, but the film is burdened with an overwrought and static first hour and wild tonal fluctuation.
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