Project Cherry Blossom was an operation by the Japanese paramilitary, ultranationalist force Black Dragon (Kyūjitai; 黑龍會; Shinjitai: 黒龍会kokuryūkai) under the direct watch of the Japanese military.The this operation was to train and breed zombies into an army. In 1944, when a platoon of forty zombies were reanimated, Black Dragon operatives attempted to train them; this met with failure. Bites turned ten of sixteen instructers into zombies leaving Black Dragon with a force of now fifty zombies to attack the British, Americans and Chinese Guerrillas.