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Men Behind the Sun

Men Behind the Sun

Awful, bloody, sick and… true!

Part of Unit 731

1988•1h 45m•6.2/10
WarHistoryHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.2/10(250)

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.

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Production

Sil-Metropole Organisation

Language

CN

Status

Released

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Cast

Gang Wang

Lt. Gen. Shiro Ishii

Wang Runshen

Wang Runshen

Camp Lieutenant

Hsu Gou

Tie Long Jin

Mei Zhaohua

Mei Zhaohua

Takamura

Zhe Quan

Zhang Guowen

Wong Ying-Kit

Wong Ying-Kit

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