the devil is here
during world war ii, ma dasan (played by jiang wen), a farmer from gujiatai village, hebei, china, lived a peaceful life under the rule of the japanese. one night, the guerrillas kidnapped japanese army soldier kagawa kosamro (played by kagawa teruyuki) and the translator dong hanchen, tied them up and stuffed them into sacks and placed them in ma dasan's house, and told ma to take good care of it. a few days later, on new year's eve bring people. ma dasan and the villagers guarded the two of them tremblingly. xiaosanlang huaya and dong hanchen sent several help signals, but they were all resolved by the villagers. half a year has passed, and the villagers are worried that the matter will be exposed, but they dare not put the flower houses and other places. ma dasan was eventually persuaded by dong hanchen and sent huawu and dong to the japanese military police station in exchange for food. japanese military police officer nasuzuka natsuka is a fellow villager in hanaya. on the surface, he was polite to ma and others, but he accused hua behind his back