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Evil Unbound (2025)

Evil Unbound poster
Original title
731
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 05m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This historical drama recreates the atrocities that the Japanese Imperial Army's Unit 731 committed in China during World War II. It follows the people who suffered and those who carried out the crimes.

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What happens

Evil Unbound (Chinese: 731) is a 2025 Chinese historical drama film co-written and directed by Zhao Linshan, and starring Jiang Wu, Wang Zhiwen, and Li Naiwen. The film follows the story of atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army's Unit 731 during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. The film premiered in Harbin on 17 September 2025 with wide-release in China on 18 September 2025, coinciding with the 94th anniversary of the September 18 Incident, which marked the start of Empire of Japan's invasion of China. The film received negative reviews and experienced review bombing online, leading to review site Douban not displaying its average rating. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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