Gleich der erste Imdb-Trivia-Eintrag hat die Story parat, die ich so schon jahrzehntelang durchs Internet geisternd kenne. Da war es natürlich weitaus weniger plausibel:Dr. Fu Manchu wrote: ↑Fri Sep 05, 2025 9:59 pm ABER - viel Wichtiger - wer behauptet den jetzt schon wieder, dass bei MEN BEHIND THE SUN die Katze nicht stirbt xd? Auch von offizieller Seite wurde doch da eine Intention hinter dem gezeigten Tiertod genannt - also bestätigt? Wie kann denn da auf andere Ideen kommen?
Though many of the film's gore scenes involve use of real corpses or animal parts, the film's much controversial "cat scene" was supposedly a well done special effect. Tun-Fei Mou covered the cat with red-dyed honey which was licked off the cat by the rats. The cat survived, was cleaned up, rewarded with fish and sent back to his owner. One can notice if watching closely that the rats never bite the cat and it never stops moving or goes limp. The rats were caught by the local schoolchildren and were however set on fire near the end of the shoot which appears on film. The local farmers were apparently quite pleased with Mou for having done so. This statement by the director has been disputed by the crew members who worked on the film, claiming that he actually killed the cat and made up the story of the cat being unharmed to stave off controversy.