Men Behind the Sun

"Men Behind the Sun" is a graphic depiction of the war atrocities committed by the Japanese at Unit 731, a secret biological weapons experimentation unit during World War II. The film details the cruel medical experiments inflicted upon Chinese and Soviet prisoners, including vivisection and testing of a contagious strain of bubonic plague. The story follows a group of Japanese boys conscripted into the Youth Corps who are assigned to the facility and witness the horrors firsthand. As the war comes to an end, Unit 731 destroys evidence of their research, and Dr. Ishii, the unit's head, cooperates with the Americans, leading to the development of biological weapons in the Korean War. The film is a powerful and disturbing portrayal of the inhumane acts committed in the name of science and war.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Men Behind the Sun include Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun, The Last of the Mohicans, Casualties of War, Gardens of Stone, The Bounty.