Philosophy of a Knife

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.

Details

Cast

Tomoya Okamoto

The Officer #2

Elena Probatova

The Favorite Girl

Anatoly Protasov

Himself

Tetsuro Sakagami

The Officer #1

Artem Seleznyov

The Frostbite Experiment Man

Victor Silkin

The Old Surgeon

Dmitriy Skripnik

The Captured Airplane Pilot

Alyona Strebkova

The Dental Torture Girl

Anna Subbotina

The Insect Experiment Girl

Stephen Tipton

Historical Commentary (voice)

Irina Zenkina

The Syphilis Experiment Girl

Yukari Fujimoto

The Female Nurse #1

Manoush

The Female Nurse #1 (voice)

Yumiko Fujiwara

The Female Nurse #2

Masaki Kitagava

The Female Nurse #3

Reiko Niakawa

The Female Nurse #4

Irina Nikitina

The Pregnant Girl