Ma Dasan
Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan
Overview
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?
Trailer
Devils on the Doorstep Fanfare
Cast
Yu'er
Jiang Hongbo
Yu'er
Kosaburo Hanaya
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kosaburo Hanaya
Major Gao
David Wu
Major Gao
Dong Hanchen
Yuan Ding
Dong Hanchen
Grandfather
Cong Zhijun
Grandfather
Liu Wang
Li Congxi
Liu Wang
Me
Li Haibin
Me
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Kenya Sawada
Inokichi Sakatsuka
Qiye
Chen Shu
Qiye
Er Bozi
Cai Weidong
Er Bozi
Aunt
Chen Lianmei
Aunt
Reviews
badelf
A fantastic anti-war narrative by Jiang Wen that clocks in at 140 minutes and is so well-paced that it feels like half that time. The comedic overtone that permeates the movie serves to provide comic relief and underscore the strong anti-war, anti-nationalist message.
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