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Philosophy of a Knife
4 hours 9 minutes2008-07-08
4.2
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The true history of Japanese Unit 731, from its beginnings in the 1930s to its demise in 1945, and the subsequent trials in Khabarovsk, USSR, of many of the Japanese doctors from Unit 731. The facts are told, and previously unknown evidence is revealed by an eyewitness to these events, former doctor and military translator, Anatoly Protasov.
Cast
![Tomoya Okamoto](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tomoya Okamoto
The Officer #2
![Elena Probatova](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Elena Probatova
The Favorite Girl
![Anatoly Protasov](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Anatoly Protasov
Himself
![Tetsuro Sakagami](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Tetsuro Sakagami
The Officer #1
![Artem Seleznyov](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Artem Seleznyov
The Frostbite Experiment Man
![Victor Silkin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Victor Silkin
The Old Surgeon
![Dmitriy Skripnik](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dmitriy Skripnik
The Captured Airplane Pilot
![Alyona Strebkova](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alyona Strebkova
The Dental Torture Girl
![Anna Subbotina](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Anna Subbotina
The Insect Experiment Girl
![Stephen Tipton](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Stephen Tipton
Historical Commentary (voice)
![Irina Zenkina](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Irina Zenkina
The Syphilis Experiment Girl
![Yukari Fujimoto](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yukari Fujimoto
The Female Nurse #1
![Manoush](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uSlWqpM1fHJVhmC68kRXZB0MyKk.jpg)
Manoush
The Female Nurse #1 (voice)
![Yumiko Fujiwara](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Yumiko Fujiwara
The Female Nurse #2
![Masaki Kitagava](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Masaki Kitagava
The Female Nurse #3
![Reiko Niakawa](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Reiko Niakawa
The Female Nurse #4
![Irina Nikitina](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//n8WE2gELWtRhhrsTjq6rBvIY7Qb.jpg)