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Men Behind the Sun(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-12-01
61%
213 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Overview:
The film is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, the secret biological weapons experimentation unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The film details the various cruel medical experiments Unit 731 inflicted upon the Chinese and Soviet prisoners at the tail-end of the war.
Languages: Cantonese.
Countries:
Hong Kong
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Men Behind the Sun
Top 8 Billed Cast
Gang Wang
Lt. Gen. Shiro Ishii
Wang Runshen
Camp Lieutenant
Mei Zhaohua
Zhang Guowen
Wong Ying-Kit
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