Philosophy Of a Knife

Jul 8, 2008

4h 9m

★ 4.0

God created Heaven. Man created Hell.

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.

Genres

Drama

Horror

Documentary

Production Companies

Unearthed Films

Iskanov Production

Philosophy Of a Knife Trailers

Cast

The Officer #2

Tomoya Okamoto

The Favorite Girl

Elena Probatova

Himself

Anatoly Protasov

The Officer #1

Tetsuro Sakagami

The Frostbite Experiment Man

Artem Seleznyov

The Old Surgeon

Victor Silkin

The Captured Airplane Pilot

Dmitriy Skripnik

The Dental Torture Girl

Alyona Strebkova

The Insect Experiment Girl

Anna Subbotina

Historical Commentary (voice)

Stephen Tipton

The Syphilis Experiment Girl

Irina Zenkina

The Female Nurse #1

Yukari Fujimoto

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