01 Dec 1988
Men Behind the Sun
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.
The Break
a 30-minute short film about a desperate World War II P-47 fighter pilot
Top Billed Cast
Timothy Vahle Arthur Sorenson
Wiley Flowers Ralph Bravo
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