'' Devils on the Doorstep '' opened on 12 May at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival where it won second place in the Grand Prix and was nominated for the Golden Palm . However , the film was subsequently banned in China by the Chinese Film Bureau . According to director Jiang Wen , both the Japanese producers of the film and the Chinese Film Bureau expressed similar concerns : " Do n't let Japanese soldiers kill people ; Chinese people should n't be so dumb ; Japanese soldiers should n't be kept as prisoners . " A report confirmed that the authorities complained that " Chinese civilians in the movie do n't hate the Japanese prisoner " , but instead are " as close as brothers " with the latter
2000 Cannes Film Festival
2000 Cannes Film Festival
Devils on the Doorstep