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As helmed by Yoshiharu Ashino, the supernatural thriller First Squad: The Moment of Truth unfurls at the outset of World War II, against the backdrop of the tumultuous Eastern Front. At the center of the action is a group of teenagers from the U.S.S.R., each of whom possesses a unique and highly specific gift. The young men have been tapped to take on a diabolically evil SS Officer who is trying to raise from the dead an army of 12th Century crusaders and enlist them in the Nazi cause.