Description

Man Behind the Sun 1988
Hei tai yang 731 (original title)
1h 45min | Drama, History, Horror | 1 December 1988 (Hong Kong)
Storyline:Story of a Japanese terror camp in the end of WW2, where the Japanese are using the Chinese as guinea pigs in terrible experiments to develop deadly bacterial-plagues.User review:“Men Behind The Sun” belongs to a totally different category than “Cannibal Holocaust,” to which everyone seems to measure up this movie. I haven’t seen its other installments, but this first “Men Behind The Sun” is a genuine historical drama with a strong documentary feel, and the notorious torture/experiments scenes only emphasize the film’s brooding purpose. Hell, I will go as far as to say that this has far more in common with “Schindler’s List” than with the horror genre. Purely in terms of “disgust” aspect, I guess it doesn’t surpass “Cannibal Holocaust,” but because this movie deals with the actual historical events, it actually turned out to be way more disturbing, despite the “fake documentary” style used in “Cannibal Holocaust.” This movie is not a video nasty despite its brutal content. This is very strong and disturbing stuff, but it should be seen.
Director: Tun-Fei Mou
Writers: Mei Liu, Wen Yuan Mou, Dun Jing Teng
Stars: Gang Wang, Dai Yao Wu, Runshen Wang
Country of origin: Hong Kong
Language: Mandarin
Also known as: Men Behind the Sun
IMDB Profile tt0093170

Man Behind the Sun (1988)

1988-12-01

6.1

Director: Tun-Fei Mou

Writers: Mei Liu, Wen Yuan Mou, Dun Jing Teng

Stars: Gang Wang, Dai Yao Wu, Runshen Wang

Summary: 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.

Also known as: Hei tai yang 731 on DVD