"Original site and ruins of Manchu 731 Ping Fang District, Harbin, China" "Prior to the Second World War, the Japanese Militarists had occupied North-East China and established the puppet state Manchoukou." "In order to expand their Greater East Asia Empire the Japanese did a lot of preparatory work." "Some of the least known work were the experiments on bacterial weapons, by the Manchu 731 Squadron." "This Squadron 731 had many Sub-Sections." "They were:" "Helier," "Sun Wu," "Lion Kou," "Mu Dan Jiang, and An Da Rural Experimental Station." "The main offices of 731 were situated in a residential district of Harbin." "They covered a large area of land." "The headquarters were highly classified, and surrounded by a high tension electric fence." "Inside there were extensive facilities, there was an animal farm, a crematorium, a pathology laboratory, a jail, an electricity generating plant, the commanders quarters, and other sections for various experimental projects." "By February 1945 the Japanese forces were suffering losses on the battle front to win the war by biological warfare, the Military Headquarters reinstated a Lt. General to be the Squadron commander." "Yet this person had previously been relieved of this post because of corruption." "This man, the inventor of the Ishii Water Purifier a military medical doctor, Lt. Ishii Shiro." "A group of young soldiers were sent to Harbin to provide new blood for this squadron." "The banks of Song Hua River," "When will they come to pick us up?" "Captain Takehara's gone to Bai Hua Liao to find our new sergeant." "He's been gone for almost an hour." "Why aren't we allowed to go to Bai Hua Liao?" "This place is freezing cold." "Yes, it's similar to Chiba Prefecture" "I think it's much colder here." "Don't you think so, Ishikawa?" "It makes no difference, we aren't going home anyway." "Look!" "Ishikawa already misses home after leaving Mom for a few days." "He is just a Momma's boy, he even broke down and cried when his mom saw him off." "But you cried too!" "No." "I didn't!" "But my mom and sister did." "Yes my mom cried too." "I didn't cry but I felt really bad." "My father was killed fighting in China." "So was mine!" "So were my father and my elder brother, they died fighting in China." "This kind of food is even hard to get back home in our Japan." "Did you know that?" "Drag him out!" "Yeah!" "Stuff it in!" "The original building housing the Manchu 731 Squadron." "General, Doctor Ishii's arrived at the H.Q., would you..." "Yeah, I'm coming." "Ishikawa," "Catch the ball!" "Dr. Ishii!" "General Kikuchi." "You still look like the same great Ishii." "Squadron 731's Ishii." "Welcome back, Ishii!" "Welcome back, Ishii!" "Welcome back, Ishii!" "Lt. General Ishii's returned to the corps!" "Idiots!" "Listen!" "I'm the new Section Head, Captain Kawasaki." "From now on you are in the Kwangtung Army, members of the 731 Squadron Youth Corps!" "If you get the chance to go to Harbin, wether you leave or your day off, you must change into civilian clothes before leaving, and when you return, put your uniforms back on at Bai Hua Liao." "If you run into any Japanese or if you are stopped by a patrol, you will not reveal your secondment to this squadron." " Is that clear?" " Yes, Sir!" "Crematorium" "It's almost three years since 1942." "A toast to you and your brothers reunion." "Thank you, Sir." "Now, Gentleman," "I've not been here for the last couple of years but I know all about what has been going on here." "I've looked into the research done by Mr. Kitano and I think it has been handled wrongly." "What we need most now is to increase the production and the number of bacteria." "We must use bacterial weapons in the war to speed our victory." "A toast to victory!" "To the empire." "To victory." "And to Mr. Ishii for leading 731!" "Cheers!" ", Cheers!" "Sir!" "Lt. General sir." "Lt. Onoe Shunji reporting for duty from the Kwangtung Army Commanders office." "Lt. General?" "I should have been a full general!" "I don't understand why those idiots at the Central Planning Office decline that army doctors can go no higher than Lt. General." "It's ridiculous!" "Lt. Onoe!" "I've just made a criticism against the Central Planning Office would you inform on me?" "Stop!" "Have you no respect for your seniors?" "Forget it, lets go back!" "We'll be in trouble if we are discovered." "No!" "My brother gave me that ball when I left Japan." "Get up!" "Out of your beds!" "Where are Hoshino and Ishikawa?" "I don't know." "I don't either." "Ono... where's he gone to?" "I don't know!" "Animal Breeding Unit" "Hoshino!" "Don't run!" "Stop running!" "Hoshino..." "That was totally undisciplined and must never be repeated." "The training of the Youth Corps is important." "It's not only because we are short of staff it's also because what we require here are people of the highest integrity." "Headquarters only recognizes the importance of bacterial weapons in this war." "They fail to realize that biological and chemical weapons will greatly affect the future of Japan." "They will play a very important role." " So we must work hard on these experiments." " Yes, sir!" "That was really unexpected." "We have to step up security and discipline." "It's late." "I'd better leave you two to talk!" "Brother, please sit down!" "Shiro, what's happening back in Chiba Prefecture?" "There's shortage of everything, but people are managing." "People have suffered a lot these past few years." "We can only do our best, brother." "How are things here?" "What about the men's morale?" "Not too bad, things are all right." "Also we confirmed that the incident which got you relieved was due to an informer." "It was Lt. Colonel Nakatome who reported you." "He even ridiculed the effectiveness of your water purifier." "Nakatome!" "Goddamn him!" "Attention." "Nakatome!" "Lt. Colonel Nakatome present!" "Lt. General Ishii wants you!" "Kawasaki, any absentees?" "Unfortunately we had an accident just now." "I want you to treat those kids from Chiba gently." "They are important to us." "Thank you!" "Damn you!" "Hashino brought about his own death and you are acting like a bunch of school girls." "What kind of soldiers are you?" "How can you gain honor for Chiba like this?" "Soldiers shouldn't act like this!" "Quick, close ranks!" "Everybody down, prone position!" "Crawl!" "Assholes, quick!" "Stand up!" "Attention!" "I heard that the fighting is very heavy on the southern front, our whole army could possibly be wiped out!" "It sounds serious." "We have to push our people to speed up the experiments on the marut." "These biological weapons... are the only way to turn the war in our favor." "What did they say?" "It sounded like little Japan is finished!" "Come on, move!" "Wait!" "Sir, please!" "Give me back my baby!" "Please, sir." "Give me back my baby!" "My baby, my baby... please give her back to me!" "Sir, didn't General Ishii tell us that we are supposed to conservatively use the "marut"?" "This one can be stuffed and mounted, it won't be wasted." "February 29, 1945" "Victim:" "Zhao Qing, Han Chinese, 3 month old" "Oh water!" "Water's coming out!" "It's really tough." "Thank God the money is alright." "Also I can study." " Do you send money home?" " No." "Come on, you spend it all every month?" "!" "No, mom said I must have it for the war efforts." "This is a nice place!" "It's similar to Chiba Prefecture." "Chiba is not that cold." "This is like a hospital." "I don't agree." "We only have dead bodies here." "Right, hospitals should have patients." "This is more like a medical school." "Anyway, this is fine by me." "I eat well and I make good money." "The only thing is this fat Captain." "Look, isn't that Hoshino's ball?" "Get it back!" "Come on, lets get it back!" "Let's get it back!" "Stop!" "There's nowhere to run!" "Give the ball back to us!" "This is not Hoshino's ball!" "Who are you?" "What are you doing here?" "He is a mute!" "Hold on a minute!" "Sir!" "What is wrong with him?" "He's been here for over a month, but he's still not adjusted to this place." "He vomits every time he goes to work." "When it happens we have to let him take a break it will take him a while to get used to it!" "That's Ok, he'll soon get used to it!" "His job is important!" "We rely on the colors to determine the results of the experiments we can't depend totally on black and white pictures." "Look after him, see that he works well!" "Sir!" "Lt. Col. Nakatome Jiro" "I've been transferred to the southern front by order of the Army Commander." "I'd like to say goodbye sir." "Congratulations, the situation in the south is serious, a patriotic soldier like you should be able to achieve a lot here especially as you have a close relationship with the planning office you can do a lot for the war effort!" "Yes, Sir!" "This must be your arrangement." "This marut has been injected with the plague three times." "But no symptoms have appeared." "So now lets conduct live dissection on him, and see what's so special about him." "Good!" "The correct data, relies on continuous tests on experimental subjects so these maruts, not only have to be alive, but they also have to be fit and healthy." "Experiments on such live subjects are a rare opportunity." " What is this?" " It's a man!" " What is this?" " He's a Chinese man." " What is this?" " He is a bad Chinese man!" "This is a marut." "It is a log for the fire or making coffins, it is material for experiment." "It is called a "Marut"." "What is this?" "This is a marut." "What is this?" "A Marut!" " What is this?" " A Marut!" "What is this?" "A Marut!" "Beat him!" "We must try to get evidence and get it out of here so the outside world knows what's going on in here." "It's the only thing we can do!" "Look, why go through all that trouble?" "Just admit, we have no chance of getting out here!" "You chicken!" "You have no back-bone!" "And you..." "learn to be a man." "Don't act like him." "You don't act like a Chinese!" "Beyond Practice Ground" "Order arms!" "At ease!" "The lessons on experiments will start tomorrow, so work hard men, and learn well," " is that clear?" " Yes, sir!" "Sir, please!" "Let her carry it away its her baby!" "Let's go!" "Please, Sir!" "Bacterial Extermination Room" "Quickly change your clothes!" "Hurry up!" "Let's go!" "March 9, 1945" "Outdoor Frostbite Experimental Station" "Victim:" "Zhao Hui Xiu, Han Chinese, 24 years old" "Bacteria Breeding Room" "Look, this is the "gene" production room." "This is the high temperature bacteria exterminating room." "Look this way please, these are the bacteria transplants, you must study hard and learn all this as soon as possible." "Yes, Sir!" "Frostbite Experimental Room" "This is the cold treatment station." "At -35°C for 10 hours Cold Treatment." "Water temperature 15°C." "March 9, 1945" "Victim:" "Jin Yuan Long, Manchurian, 31 years old" "What you are looking at now, is a quick freezing station, it is -196°C." "Pay attention!" "Finish chewing your apple, and spit it out like I do." "Don't swallow it." "This way you can collect the germs from the mouth." "Yes, Sir!" "Go back and tell your captain, that you'll be my guests this Sunday, we'll have drinks together." "Yes Sir!" "And you'll come too, Ok?" "Ok." "Thank you!" "This is a question of humanity." "No!" "This concerns the rise or fall of the Great Japanese Empire." "Listen Ishikawa, they are human beings too, they have parents just like you!" "What are you talking about?" "Give me better justification than that!" "Today is Sunday." "Lets not talk about business," "Come on, let's eat up." "This fruit is specially brought over from Japan." "Help yourselves." "Let me, you must look after your health." "Ah, yes." "Thank you." "Take Mrs. Takamurafor example, what's the difference between the children she bore and the maruts?" "What are you talking about?" "That's not right!" "You can not compare the maruts to the Japanese, you and I speak a different language." "Please don't say anymore" "I'm sorry, please excuse me." "Ishikawa, wait!" "Ishikawa, Ishikawa!" "Kawasaki pushed him... from upstairs!" "He's badly hurt," "Lets think of away to teach Kawasaki a lesson." "I hope you'll work well together." "To be a member of the 731 Youth Corps we should... obey the regulations." "I think you'd better forget about it." "Don't pretend now, you have no guts." "Coward." "Stop pretending!" "April 11, 1945" "Those goddamned Japs..." "What the hell are they up to?" "Hey Specs!" "What do you think the Japs will do to us?" "What did they inject into us this morning?" "I have no reaction at all!" "I have no idea what it was." "Why didn't those people get it too?" "Be careful of contamination!" "The last accident cost Sakagami and Ohtani their lives, so be careful everyone." "Sir, according to the previous test results, it would be a rather difficult job to produce a Black Death Virus that is 60 times stronger." "Now this is the 7th experiment, here is the record for the last few tests!" "Sir, I've heard the Germans are using the Jews to perform similar kinds of tests and they've achieved good results, so can't we..." "Dr. Ishii did 2 years research on this in Europe before the war." "According to him, the German researches into that area are far behind ours." "Compared to this, their equipment and facilities are fare behind ours." "What they achieved so far may not be of any use for us." "Don't be discouraged, keep up the good work, report to me at once when the experiments are completed." "Yes sir" "I heard that Lt. Colonel Nakatome died in action on the southern front, is that right?" "Dr. Ishii may have been too..." "We'd better keep out of that," "You'd better concentrate on your own career." "The Empire Medical Department is waiting for your return." "The medical future of Japan relies on you people." "Early summer 1945" "Japanese were retreating from the Pacific Front." "They also suffered many losses in China." "The moral of the Japanese troops was very bad." "All of Japan had been mobilized, there were still great shortages of everything." "A large deficit of manpower for the Japanese military resulted in more adolescents joining the forces." "The cloud of defeat loomed larger." "In other words, the success or failure of 731 decides the survival of our great Empire." "So today... we should have no more illusions about the Kwangtung Army, the Kwangtung Army relies on our bacterial war, there is no other way of winning it." "I've always thought that biological weapons... are more effective than bombers and guns." "Right now we must regroup our forces, and mobilize them." "I entreat you to work doubly hard." "We must get ourselves well prepared for the coming bacterial war." "Gentleman, do you have any questions?" "Please, go ahead!" "We have already successfully produced a large quantity of virus which is 60 times stronger than the Black Plague virus." "The amount of culture we have, according to our calculations, has enough power to wipe out the whole mankind." "We have increased the number of bacteria carrying rats to three million, and jumping fleas to 300 kilos." "The number is estimated at 10 billion, so if these 10 billion bacteria carrying fleas were all released, then it's not hard to imagine that the situation on the war front would change drastically, we would gain the final victory!" "Because of the bacterial weapons, the fate of the Great Japanese Empire lies in our hands." "Still after numerous experiments the metal shell casings holding the bacteria get very hot during firing." "And a majority of the infected fleas inside get killed so these bacterial bombs have failed to produce the expected results." "Weapons Production Department..." "Anything else?" "Sir, there's been a strong reaction to the incident when Kawasaki assaulted the Youth Corps member." "There's a lot of tension and unrest amongst the Corps." "Transfer Kawasaki from the Youth Corps." "Onoe you'll replace him." "Yes, Sir!" "Sukizan Geisha House" "Sorry to disturb you," "General, it seems your sword's not rusted yet!" " Get out both of you!" " Yes, Sir!" "Whoever was hit... or touched by the chess pieces, raise your hands." "Gentlemen." "This... is my new invention." "This is called:" "Low Temperature Pottery..." "Bacterial Bomb!" "The Great Japan will not be defeated!" "Careful!" "Don't break the pottery bomb!" "May 22, 1945 An Da Rural Experimental Station" "Victims:" "Names unknown, 29 males and females" "Hurry up lshikawa!" "May 29, 1945" "Decompression Laboratory" "Victim:" "Qu Hua, Han Chinese, 34 years old" "not a female "maruta"." "Kawasaki, I want you to bring me a healthy young man." "What's the use of a healthy young man?" "It's of no use for you, but it's of great use for us." "Please help us get one!" "Kawasaki, if you can help us find a healthy young man, then I'll buy you a drink." "Right, we'll all buy you a drink." "Kawasaki's good at that." "I'm sorry, I can't help you with that." "Kawasaki's only good at finding girls!" "That's nonsense!" "Come on, Kawasaki!" "Do something for us." "We'll reward you." "Please!" "Ok, I'll try." "June 12, 1945" "Poison Gas Laboratory" "Victim:" "Natasha Ivanova, White Russia, 35 years old" "You can do what ever you want with me!" "Let my daughter go, please!" "Please, I beg you, let her go!" "Please!" "You've been here a while." "Yes, sir." "Are you used to it?" "Do you still see that Chinese mute?" "Not very often, sir." "Do you think you can find him for me?" "What for, sir?" "Sir, I've brought you the mute." "Thank you, well done." "Don't be afraid!" "Let him in." "Come here, come inside." "You wait here," "Soldier, when the surgery is finished you can take him away." "Surgery?" "What surgery?" "No questions!" " Keep your nose out of these things." " Yes, sir!" "Come here!" "Go on!" "Come here!" "Where are you going?" "Surgery is finished." "Take him away!" "Yes sir!" "Are you satisfied now?" "Each of you got what you wanted... the heart, the liver, and the brain." "These organs from a living healthy young man in puberty, are difficult to come by!" "We should thank Kawasaki." "Don't mention it!" "We'll invite you to dinner this evening." "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "What's wrong with you?" "Quickly push the cart away!" "Yes, sir!" "July 2, 1945" "Victim:" "A mute, name unknown, Han Chinese" "Tunnel connecting Pathology Lab to Crematorium" "Makimura, close the curtains." "That fat ass is a barbarian." "Hey, come here." "That mute was not a marut." "That animal has gone too far!" "Yeah, I have always detested him." "Let's find away to fix him!" "What do you think?" "I want to kill him." "If there's a problem, I take responsibility!" "No, we are all in this together!" "Hurry up!" "Ready for disinfection?" "What are you doing here?" "Get back!" "A smart rat can beat a cat." "Fleas and germs can defeat bombers and guns too!" "This... is my theory behind Squadron 731." "It's also my philosophy, for victory." "We shall groom the strongest and nurture them, the same applies for the Youth Corps." "Understand?" "Stone, stone!" "Stone, wait!" "You must get out of here alive!" "No matter what happens, we must get the evidence out!" "Stone, quick!" "Let go of him!" "Get in the hole you bastard!" "Stone won't follow a coward like you..." "Stone won't go into anything blindly with you." "The door is open!" "Stone!" "Fire!" "Charge, charge!" "Stone, watch where you are going!" "Fire!" "Get down quick!" "Idiots!" "So many maruts are dead, this is a serious matter." "Do you realize your job is to keep them in good shape, so they can live longer." "But you neglected your duties, with very serious consequences." "Your error is intolerable and unforgivable!" "Maruts are precious experimental material." "They mean more to us than ever.." "You have no right to kill them." "The Russo-Japanese war is coming, but many of our experiments have not been completed yet." "The 731 Squadron is our nation's hope, we hold the power to turn the war in our favour and save Japan." "Get up now!" "I hope you won't forget, that I was the one who brought you here from Chiba." "Takamura at An Da Rural Station is preparing for the final pottery shell tests." "Have the Maruts gone yet?" "They left early this morning, sir!" "Specs said, that what you did was stupid." "We can't get out of here anyway." "The more we resist, the faster we get killed." "He said the only thing we can do is to try and get the evidence out." "So the world will know about this hell hole." "Dr. Ishii, we're running out of time," "The situation at the front is very bad." "Looks like this is the final straw for us." "The trip to Feng Tiang is very important, don't worry about things here." "Thank you, I rely on you." "Report, sir!" "Inform the aircorps to take off now!" "Preparations are complete at the shell test site." "Come in... we haven't contacted them yet." "Right..." "Let's go to the upper." "Fire the signal!" "Let's move!" "We need the Maruts urgently." "Are they on their way or not!" "Reporting, Sir!" "Excuse me sir, urgent telegram." "You may go." "August 9th, Nagasaki was bombed." "The Russians have officially declared war." "Manchuria 731 Sqdn." "Retreat if necessary." "Go to Feng Tian and get the commander here!" "Yes, sir!" "Stop the delivery of Maruts." "Hello?" "!" "Hello?" "!" "Hello?" "!" "Hello, Airport!" "Sir, the Maruts have escaped." "Go after them, don't let them run away!" "Get in the car quick!" "After them!" "Run, split up!" "Quick!" "Hurry up!" "We must get the evidence out!" "Run, quick!" "Stone, go that way, quick!" "Quickly, run!" "August 8, 1945" "Proclaim Bacterial Bomb Experiment" "Cover him!" "Put him down here." "Sorry to disturb you!" "Urgent telegram from Headquarters, sir!" "Nagasaki was bombed." "The Russians have officially declared war." "The Kwangtung Army H.Q. ordered all troops to retreat if necessary." "Are you coming back, sir?" "All troops to retreat?" "I can't believe my ears!" "What do we do, sir?" "Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been bombed by the Americans." "Both cities have been completely destroyed." "And now the Russians have declared war to us as well." "We've received orders to retreat." "But I personally think, that the work of the 731 Sqdn." "Involves top security information." "So I'm now requesting the following:" "1." "Exterminate all remaining Maruts and destroy this whole facility." "The engineers will be in charge of that the place must be flattened." "I want no traces left." "2." "Collect all data and documents destroy them at once." "3." "The Youth Corps is to retreat to Tung Hwa, 4." "All units will commit suicide." "5." "Their families and departments will also commit suicide." "In other words... no evidence must be left behind!" "Dr.Ishii," "Our squadron has a lot of highly qualified people, isn't it a waste do order them to die?" "We shouldn't allow such meaningless sacrifices." "I realize that too General Kikuchi, but we have to guard the secret of this place." "Dr. Ishii, if you... commit suicide... then I'll join you." "These soldiers and their families have followed you from Japan to Manchuria." "You should at least, get them back home." "Isn't that reasonable?" "As the head of 731 you're responsible for them." "You should be protecting them, not ordering them to die." "I hope you face up to your responsibilities." "Gen. Kikuchi is right." "We should return to our home land, and we should take all data with us." "That might be possible, but we must still prepare for the possibility of being captured." "No matter what, we can't allow these secrets to be made known." "How about this?" "We issue each one with a bottle of cyanide, if anyone's captured, then they commit suicide." "Well then... that's what we'll do." "I will personal be in charge of the retreat, and arrange the transport." "I'm very happy you made this decision, I'm sure everybody is grateful to you." "What are you doing?" "These are our children's clothes!" "The data is important!" "Please take this with you, Madame!" "You must take it if you are captured." "Mr. Takamura prepared them." "Where are you going at his time?" "I'm going to the office to get more data!" "The war is finally over and we are going home." "Shut up!" "What do you know?" "I don't care about anything else." "All i know is that we are going home." "You're a woman, you know nothing!" "Yes, I may know nothing, and I certainly don't know how to make poison!" "How dare you to speak to me like that!" "Takamura!" "Takamura!" "This is important data!" "We can not destroy it!" "Takamura, I just want to go home!" "Nothing else is important!" "Shut up!" "That's all I want, Takamura!" "If anyone dares to burn anymore..." "Burn it!" "Burn it all!" "Takamura!" "This is an order, burn it all!" "I don't want a single piece left." "You can't destroy the data!" "This is the whole reason for our being here!" "It represents years of hard work!" "And Japan will need it one day!" "If you want to destroy it kill me first!" "We're releasing the poison gas!" "Retreat!" "Hurry up!" "Hasegawa, Miki, come quick!" "Miki, come on." "It's platinum, it's worth a lot of money." "This place is blowing up!" "Find shelter!" "Quick, retreat!" "Retreat!" "Come on, let's go!" "This place is blowing up." "Find shelter!" "August 15, 1945" "Where are you going?" "Get back!" " I'm sorry." " Hurry!" "Don't stray." "Hold on, Madame, Hold on!" "Sir, Mrs Takamura is going into labor!" "The car is full of Dr. Ishii's personal data." "Sir." "The train is leaving in 5 minutes." "Do you want a last look at the squadron?" "Alright!" "Gentlemen!" "This is just a change in strategy," "The Great Japanese Empire... has still not been defeated, our base might have been destroyed, but our careers will continue." "Now you're all going back to Japan," "I trust you will safe guard the secrets of this base." "And always remember this:" "No contact is allowed between squadron members." "And under no circumstances will you reveal the nature of work here." "You are disbarred from taking up government posts." "Anyone who contravenes these conditions... will be severely punished." "Madame!" "Madame!" "Madame?" "!"