Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil (1992)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Godfrey Ho

Writer:

Sai-Yin Fong (as Simon Fong)

Stars:

Yishou Jiang, Yuen-Ching Leung, Xingqiang Li

Cast

Credited cast:
Yishou Jiang
Yuen-Ching Leung
Xingqiang Li
Dingyao Liu
Man Ying Wan	...	(as Wan Ying Ying)
Gang Wang
Runshen Wang
Ge Xu
Andrew Yu
Guowen Zhang
Decheng Zhu
Gong Zhu

Storyline

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 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 docudrama sequel to the notorious Men Behind the Sun, which pulls no punches when it comes to delivering the shocks!

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Plot Keywords:

psychotronic film | exploitation | torture porn | edited into another movie | prisoner | 

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Taglines:

No cuts. More guts. The film they tried to ban!

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | War

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Did You Know?

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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Connections

Followed by Maruta 3 ... Destroy all Evidence (1994)

User Reviews

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.

Details

Country:

Hong Kong China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

10 July 1992 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Maruta 2: Laboratory of the Devil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artview Investment Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color