Story Line
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?
“Comedy to carnage, in one remote village.”
Top Cast

Jiang Wen
Ma Dasan

Jiang Hongbo
Yu'er

Teruyuki Kagawa
Kosaburo Hanaya

David Wu
Major Gao

Yuan Ding
Dong Hanchen

Cong Zhijun
Grandfather
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Rating
8.2/ 10
Release Date
2001-10-26
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
DramaWar
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User Reviews (1)
badelf
8/10
•3/6/2023A 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-na...






