Hei tai yang 731 (1988)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Tun Fei Mou

Writers:

Mei Liu (writer)
Wen Yuan Mou (writer)

Release Date:

1 December 1988 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Plot:

Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to a place called Squadron 731, where they are grotesquely tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.

Plot Keywords:

Biological Weapon | Ball | Dead Children | Disembowelment | Beating

Cast

Hsu Gou
Tie Long Jin
Zhaohua Mei		(as Zhao Hua Mei)
Zhe Quan
Gang Wang
Runsheng Wang		(as Run Shen Wang)
Dai Yao Wu
Andrew Yu

Also Known As:

Hak taai yeung 731 (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Man Behind the Sun
Men Behind the Sun
Squadron 731

Runtime:

105 min | UK:102 min (cut)

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) | Australia:Refused Classification (original rating: 1989) | USA:Not Rated | Australia:R (re-rating on appeal) | Singapore:R(A) | New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:18 | France:-16 | UK:18 (cut)

Company:

Sil-Metropol Organization

Quotes:

Dr. Shiro Ishii: A small rat can beat a cat. Fleas and germs can defeat bombers and guns. This is... the basic theory behind Squadron 731. It is also my philosophy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Little Red Riding Hood (2009) (V)

Absolutely disturbing and devastating film.

T.F.Mous' 1987 film "Man Behind the Sun" has to be one of the most disturbing and unpleasant movies ever made.It tells us about the atrocities committed by Japanese scientist during the Second World War in China.The acting is pretty good and I think that some of the actors did an outstanding job.The film offers also some of the most revolting gore I have ever seen.Some scenes are truly sickening for example a man is put into decompression chamber and the pressure is steadily increased until he shoots intestines out of his anus-actually Mous used a real corpse to make this scene.There is also incredibly graphic autopsy of a young mute boy-a real cadaver was used for this sequence as well.The scene where a real cat is attacked and consumed by literally thousands of starving rats is incredibly vile and unnecessary.Overall,"Man Behind the Sun" is pretty hard to find,but if you liked "Cannibal Holocaust" or "Bunman:The Untold Story",then give it a look.However fans of cute American horror should avoid it like the plague!