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The Resource Gui zi lai le : Devils on the doorstep, [presented by] Fortissimo Film Sales ; Asian Union Film & Entertainment Ltd. ; China Film Co-production Corporation ; produced & directed by Jiang Wen ; story by Jiang Wen, Shu Ping ; screenplay by Shu Ping, Shi Jianquan, Jiang Wen, You Fengwei, (videorecording)

Gui zi lai le : Devils on the doorstep, [presented by] Fortissimo Film Sales ; Asian Union Film & Entertainment Ltd. ; China Film Co-production Corporation ; produced & directed by Jiang Wen ; story by Jiang Wen, Shu Ping ; screenplay by Shu Ping, Shi Jianquan, Jiang Wen, You Fengwei, (videorecording)

Contributor
Summary
Banned in China, Jiang Wen's ravishingly photographed anti-war epic is set in 1945 in Japanese-occupied rural China where a peasant is forced to shelter two prisoners: one Japanese who wants to die, and his Chinese interpreter who wants to live
Language
  • chi
  • jpn
  • eng
  • chi
  • chi
Work
Publication
Edition
Home Vision Entertainment ed..
Extent
1 videodisc (139 min.)
Note
  • "[This] version ... presented in this DVD edition by Home Vision Entertainment is the only version that exists for worldwide release. The version shown in Cannes was a working version that was later cut with the director's total involvement in order to enhance the film's commercial prospects and to tighten the storyline, which he did not have time to do before the Cannes premiere. The negatives were all cut to conform to this version. One or two prints of the longer cut were left to circulate to a few film festivals, but they are not approved by the director for commercial release"--Container insert
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000
  • Based on the novel by You Fengwei
  • Special features: introduction by Steven Soderbergh; reprinted interview with director Jiang Wen (in container insert); original theatrical trailer; Jiang Wen biography and filmography
Isbn
9780780029750
Instance
Label
Gui zi lai le : Devils on the doorstep
Title
Gui zi lai le
Title remainder
Devils on the doorstep
Statement of responsibility
[presented by] Fortissimo Film Sales ; Asian Union Film & Entertainment Ltd. ; China Film Co-production Corporation ; produced & directed by Jiang Wen ; story by Jiang Wen, Shu Ping ; screenplay by Shu Ping, Shi Jianquan, Jiang Wen, You Fengwei
Title variation
Devils on the doorstep
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • chi
  • jpn
  • eng
  • chi
  • chi
Summary
Banned in China, Jiang Wen's ravishingly photographed anti-war epic is set in 1945 in Japanese-occupied rural China where a peasant is forced to shelter two prisoners: one Japanese who wants to die, and his Chinese interpreter who wants to live
Awards note
Winner, Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival, 2000.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Gu Changwei ; editors, Zhang Yifan, Folmer Weisinger ; music, Cui Jian, Liu Xing, Li Haiying
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Chinese or Japanese language with optional English subtitles
PerformerNote
Jiang Wen, Jiang Hongbo, Kagawa Teruyuki, Yuan Ding, Cong Zhijun, Chen Qiang, Chen Shu, Sawada Kenya, David Wu
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1963-
  • 1965-
  • 1918-
  • 1966-
  • 1963-
  • 1943-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Jiang, Wen
  • Jiang, Hongbo
  • Kagawa, Teruyuki
  • Chen, Qiang
  • Wu, Dawei
  • Soderbergh, Steven
  • You, Fengwei
  • Shu, Ping
  • Gu, Changwei
  • Shi, Jianquan
  • Hua yi ying shi yu le you xian gong si
  • Zhongguo dian ying he zuo zhi pian gong si
  • Fortissimo Films
  • Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
139
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
  • Prisoners of war
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • Prisoners of war
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Gui zi lai le : Devils on the doorstep, [presented by] Fortissimo Film Sales ; Asian Union Film & Entertainment Ltd. ; China Film Co-production Corporation ; produced & directed by Jiang Wen ; story by Jiang Wen, Shu Ping ; screenplay by Shu Ping, Shi Jianquan, Jiang Wen, You Fengwei, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "[This] version ... presented in this DVD edition by Home Vision Entertainment is the only version that exists for worldwide release. The version shown in Cannes was a working version that was later cut with the director's total involvement in order to enhance the film's commercial prospects and to tighten the storyline, which he did not have time to do before the Cannes premiere. The negatives were all cut to conform to this version. One or two prints of the longer cut were left to circulate to a few film festivals, but they are not approved by the director for commercial release"--Container insert
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000
  • Based on the novel by You Fengwei
  • Special features: introduction by Steven Soderbergh; reprinted interview with director Jiang Wen (in container insert); original theatrical trailer; Jiang Wen biography and filmography
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Control code
59009258
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Home Vision Entertainment ed..
Extent
1 videodisc (139 min.)
Isbn
9780780029750
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
037429204221
Other physical details
sd., col. & b&w
Publisher number
DEV 050
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)59009258
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Gui zi lai le : Devils on the doorstep, [presented by] Fortissimo Film Sales ; Asian Union Film & Entertainment Ltd. ; China Film Co-production Corporation ; produced & directed by Jiang Wen ; story by Jiang Wen, Shu Ping ; screenplay by Shu Ping, Shi Jianquan, Jiang Wen, You Fengwei, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • "[This] version ... presented in this DVD edition by Home Vision Entertainment is the only version that exists for worldwide release. The version shown in Cannes was a working version that was later cut with the director's total involvement in order to enhance the film's commercial prospects and to tighten the storyline, which he did not have time to do before the Cannes premiere. The negatives were all cut to conform to this version. One or two prints of the longer cut were left to circulate to a few film festivals, but they are not approved by the director for commercial release"--Container insert
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000
  • Based on the novel by You Fengwei
  • Special features: introduction by Steven Soderbergh; reprinted interview with director Jiang Wen (in container insert); original theatrical trailer; Jiang Wen biography and filmography
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Control code
59009258
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Home Vision Entertainment ed..
Extent
1 videodisc (139 min.)
Isbn
9780780029750
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
037429204221
Other physical details
sd., col. & b&w
Publisher number
DEV 050
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)59009258
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
Video recording format
DVD

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