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Philosophy of a Knife
4.2
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4h 9m
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2008
Overview
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 pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Tomoya Okamoto
The Officer #2
![Elena Probatova pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Elena Probatova
The Favorite Girl
![Anatoly Protasov pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Anatoly Protasov
Himself
![Tetsuro Sakagami pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Tetsuro Sakagami
The Officer #1
![Artem Seleznyov pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Artem Seleznyov
The Frostbite Experiment Man
![Victor Silkin pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Victor Silkin
The Old Surgeon
![Dmitriy Skripnik pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Dmitriy Skripnik
The Captured Airplane Pilot
![Alyona Strebkova pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Alyona Strebkova
The Dental Torture Girl
![Anna Subbotina pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Anna Subbotina
The Insect Experiment Girl
![Stephen Tipton pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Stephen Tipton
Historical Commentary (voice)
![Irina Zenkina pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Irina Zenkina
The Syphilis Experiment Girl
![Yukari Fujimoto pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Yukari Fujimoto
The Female Nurse #1
![Manoush pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FuSlWqpM1fHJVhmC68kRXZB0MyKk.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Manoush
The Female Nurse #1 (voice)
![Yumiko Fujiwara pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Yumiko Fujiwara
The Female Nurse #2
![Masaki Kitagava pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Masaki Kitagava
The Female Nurse #3
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