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?
Director: Jiang Wen
Director of Photography: Gu Changwei
Screenplay: Jiang Wen, Shu Ping, You Fengwei
Story: Jiang Wen, Shu Ping
Writer: Haiying Li, Xing Liu, Shi Jianquan
Producer: Jiang Wen, Liu Xiaodian, Liu Xiangdong
Ma Dasan
Yu'er
Kosaburo Hanaya
Major Gao
Dong Hanchen
Grandfather
Liu Wang
Me
Devils on the Doorstep Fanfare