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Feature film — 2008

Philosophy of a Knife (2008)

4.04h 9mDrama — Horror — Documentary

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.

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A high-signal pick with 46 votes.

Unearthed Films / Iskanov Production

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Director: Andrey Iskanov

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Cast & crew

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Tomoya Okamoto

The Officer #2

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Elena Probatova

The Favorite Girl

A

Anatoly Protasov

Himself

T

Tetsuro Sakagami

The Officer #1

A

Artem Seleznyov

The Frostbite Experiment Man

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Victor Silkin

The Old Surgeon

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Dmitriy Skripnik

The Captured Airplane Pilot

A

Alyona Strebkova

The Dental Torture Girl

A

Anna Subbotina

The Insect Experiment Girl

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Stephen Tipton

Historical Commentary (voice)

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Irina Zenkina

The Syphilis Experiment Girl

Y

Yukari Fujimoto

The Female Nurse #1

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