Men Behind the Sun
Awful, bloody, sick and… true!
1988 · 105 min · ★ 6.3 · War, History, Horror
Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.
Directed by Mou Tun-Fei · Written by Dun Jing Teng
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Gang Wang Lt. Gen. Shiro Ishii -
Wang Runshen Camp Lieutenant - H Hsu Gou
- T Tie Long Jin
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Mei Zhaohua Takamura - Z Zhe Quan
- Z Zhang Guowen
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Wong Ying-Kit
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