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Evil Unbound
2025 Chinese film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 World War II.[1] 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 the China.[2][3]
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Plot
Cast
- Jiang Wu as Wang Yongzhang, a local vendor
- Wang Zhiwen as Du Cunshan
- Li Naiwen as Gu Boxuan
- Sun Qian as Lin Suxian
- Feng Wenjuan as Kayo Imamura
- Lin Ziye as Sun Minglian
- Irene Wan
- Li Shanyu
- Li Zilin
- Ulantoya Duo
- Zhang Qi
- Li Yu
- Xu Guangyu
- Liu Zhankui
Soundtrack
Production
Director Zhao Linshan spent over a decade researching the film, consulting extensive historical archives, including 8,000 pages of declassified U.S. reports on Unit 731 and 423 hours of testimonies from former unit members.[1]
This film was shot in northeast China's Heilongjiang province and Dongfang Yingdu Film and Television Industrial Park in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province.[4][5]
Release
Evil Unbound was released on 18 September 2025 in China, Australia and New Zealand and on September 19 in the United States and Canada.[6][7]
The film's English title Evil Unbound, emphasizes the unrestrained nature of the crimes committed.[8]
Box office
Evil Unbound broke records in China, with pre-sales exceeding 108 million yuan and over 269,000 screening on its first day, making it the highest single-day screening film in the film history of China.[9]
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