Devils on the Doorstep
Original title: Guizi lai le
“Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.”
2000 · 2 h 19 min
Directed by 
Jiang Wen
Jiang WenCast
Wen Jiang Kenya Sawada Hongbo Jiang Teruyuki Kagawa Ding Yuan Zhijun Cong
Credits
Written by: Wen Jiang
Plot
In a Chinese village in 1945, a villager is forced by a stranger to keep two prisoners, a Japanese soldier and his interpreter, and the situation spirals into dark farce and tragedy.
Sinekatalog’s take
A savage, funny anti-war film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.2 / 10 (9,494 votes)
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