Tun-Fei Mou wanted to make this movie for many years. He had an interest in doing a film about Japan's war crimes in Asia since he was making movies for Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong in the early 80s. He learned about the horrors of Japan's wartime medical experimentation while in the Mainland while making 'Zi gu ying xiong chu shao nian (1983)' a children's kung fu film called Young Heroes in English. Once Young Heroes was complete he began trying to get Man Behind the Sun made. Research was difficult because the Japanese destroyed most of their evidence and did a good job covering up 731's existence. Mou was able to access some rare American documents because his wife is an American citizen, the Shiro Ishii gave all their surviving data to General McArthur's forces in exchange for immunity. Mou tussled with the People's Republic of China's government for several years petitioning to make this film, the government did not want the film made out of fear of straining their relationship with the Japanese who they wanted as economic allies. They finally caved and gave him permission, his struggle with the government inspired the film's opening quote "Friendship is friendship, history is history".

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