Extreme Asian Torture Cinema Fun with Men Behind the Sun!

Spring is upon us, and couples are likely to be looking for a light romantic comedy to watch as a date movie. It's mid march and we'd all like to be holding hands in the theater with that special someone. This is my recommendation for a light hearted comedy- Men Behind the Sun. I learned of this film by way of a video of a Q and A session with Laurence Harvey, the actor who played the lead in Human Centipede 2. as all things on this blog seem to circle back to Human Centipede 2. Men Behind the Sun was initially banned in the nation of Australia when it was released in the late 80's. This film is the real deal, an account of Camp 731 in Manchuria where the Japanese army supposedly conducted experiments on biological and chemical weapons on Russian, Chinese, and Korean prisoners of war towards the end of the second world war. The main character of the film is the actual historical figure Shiro Ishii, a microbiologist and general in the Japanese army. Supposedly, it includes actual footage of an autopsy, or so the director T.F. Mou claimed. Miraculously, the film has reincarnated on YouTube without being censored. The screams in this film are absolutely spectacular. Sequences involving poison gas, frostbite, and bacterial weapons in this film are sure to shock the most jaded audiences. There is a subplot about youth corps stationed their (i.e young boys) befriending a young mute who is used for organ harvesting. Towards the end, after Hiroshima, the soldiers at the camp race to destroy all evidence of the camps existence. The film apparently has sequels, one of which is about the Rape of Nanking. I'm not sure if any of the sequels were banned anywhere, which is of course the truest mark of success for a film of this kind, although as I've previously admitted, I'm not partial to Nekromantiks. I have included some particularly violent and disturbing footage from the film here. Be forewarned, it is quite graphic.