Released:
2001-10-26

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?

Director:
Jiang Wen

Runtime:
2h 19min

Genre:
Drama, War

• Cast:
• 
  Jiang Wen
  as
  Ma Dasan
• 
  Jiang Hongbo
  as
  Yu'er
• 
  Teruyuki Kagawa
  as
  Kosaburo Hanaya
• 
  David Wu
  as
  Major Gao
• 
  Yuan Ding
  as
  Dong Hanchen