Men Behind the Sun
β 6.3 Β· 1988 Β· 105m Β· War Β· History Β· Horror
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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