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Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil

Original title: Hei tai yang 731 xu ji zhi sha ren gong chang
  • 19921992
  • 1h 36m
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4.2/10
590
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37,896
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Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
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In the spring of 1935, Japan established a secret base, Unit 731 in Manchuria, where many innocent Chinese, Korean and Mongolian people were killed in grotesque experiments. An idealistic yo... Read allIn the spring of 1935, Japan established a secret base, Unit 731 in Manchuria, where many innocent Chinese, Korean and Mongolian people were killed in grotesque experiments. An idealistic young doctor , Morishima, is horrified by the experiments being performed in the camp and wh... Read allIn the spring of 1935, Japan established a secret base, Unit 731 in Manchuria, where many innocent Chinese, Korean and Mongolian people were killed in grotesque experiments. An idealistic young doctor , Morishima, is horrified by the experiments being performed in the camp and when his fiancée arrives disguised as a Chinese prisoner he sets out to liberate the camp. A... Read all
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
590
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
37,896
11,726
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    • Director
      • Godfrey Ho
    • Writer
      • Sai-Yin Fong
    • Stars
      • Yishou Jiang
      • Yuen-Ching Leung
      • Xingqiang Li
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    • Director
      • Godfrey Ho
    • Writer
      • Sai-Yin Fong
    • Stars
      • Yishou Jiang
      • Yuen-Ching Leung
      • Xingqiang Li
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    • 16User reviews
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    Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
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    Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
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    Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
    Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil (1992)
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    Yishou Jiang
    Yuen-Ching Leung
    Yuen-Ching Leung
    Xingqiang Li
    Dingyao Liu
    Man Ying Wan
      Gang Wang
      Runshen Wang
      Ge Xu
      Andrew Yu
      Guowen Zhang
      Decheng Zhu
      Gong Zhu
      • Director
        • Godfrey Ho
      • Writer
        • Sai-Yin Fong
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      • Trivia
        The uncut version was originally refused classification by the OFLC in Australia in September of 1992. One month later, the film was resubmitted, only heavily cut. It received an R18+ rating for cinema release, but when the heavily cut version was resubmitted for a video rating in 1994, it was again refused classification and banned in Australia, even though the same print was given a cinema rating. Finally, in 2004, the film was resubmitted and received an R18+ rating for the original uncut print on video.
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        Edited into Hei tai yang 731 si wang lie che (1994)

      User reviews16

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      Top review
      4/10
      It has got guts...literally
      Even though I swore to myself I would never lay eyes again on 'Men behind the Sun' or any of its sequels, I am now reviewing part 2. Go figure! I guess the call of the extremes just was too irresistible. At least now I clearly recall why I took this pledge…. These films are almost unbearable. The 'Men behind the Sun' franchise might as well be the most controversial and shocking series of films ever made (maybe a tie with the 'Guinea Pig' series, though) and handles about despicably explicit experiments performed on prisoners in a Japanese army base during WWII. These unfriendly Japs are developing germ-bombs to disable their enemies and a whole lot of other sick stuff involving nitroglycerine etc… There's an ultra-thin wraparound story about a young soldier who's sent to serve in the camp against his will but that's of minor importance. This second chapter is less repulsive than the original, but still contains more than enough sequences to make your stomach turn. Luckily the make-up effects are often cheesy and unquestionably fake. The acting is weak and the directing (by Hong Kong B-movie legend Ho) is atrocious. This is a film without any values. The only reason why it is made is because the DVD looks good in a cult-collection like mine.
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      • Release date
        • July 10, 1992 (Hong Kong)
      • Countries of origin
        • Hong Kong
        • China
      • Language
        • Mandarin
      • Also known as
        • Unit 731: Laboratory of the Devil
      • Production company
        • Artview Investment Co. Ltd.
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 36 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Stereo

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