Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- confrontational
- bleak
- historical horror viewing
- extreme cinema night
What sets it apart
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The film explicitly frames itself as a docudrama sequel and depicts Unit 731 experiments through shock-oriented historical reconstruction.
The central setting is a secret military laboratory where prisoners are subjected to grotesque experiments by doctors and officers.
Idealistic doctor Morishima is horrified by the experiments and attempts to use his position to liberate prisoners.
Autopsy, decapitation, dismemberment, and laboratory experimentation are emphasized as explicit visual shocks.
Films like Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil, and why
Men Behind the Sun
historical atrocity drama combined with graphic body horror and wartime imprisonment
The Experiment
wartime human experimentation, institutional cruelty, and harrowing historical realism
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom
graphic exploitation treatment of wartime violence and atrocity
Movie Details
- Director
- Godfrey Ho
- Release Date
- 1992-07-10
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (24)
Cast
- Chu Kong
- Yuen-Ching Leung
- Wan Ying Ying
- Gang Wang
- Wang Runshen
- Andrew Yu
- Zhu Decheng
- Zhang Guowen
- Jiang Yishou
- Xingqiang Li
Common questions
- What is Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil about?
- An idealistic doctor risks everything to free prisoners from a Japanese military laboratory devoted to grotesque human experimentation.
- What is Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil as graphic.
- Which films are like Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil?
- Films with a similar feel include Men Behind the Sun, The Experiment, and Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom.
- How long is Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil?
- Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil runs 96 minutes.
