"Once Infected, Death Was Certain": Inside Japan's Secret Death Lab | Inside Unit 731 - Part 1

Episode 1 reveals Japan’s wartime biological weapons programme, Unit 731. Through rare survivor testimony and the account of Hideo Shimizu, one of the last living witnesses from the unit, it exposes a hidden world of human experiments carried out in the name of science. Recruited as a teenager in the final months of WWII, Shimizu breaks decades of silence to describe what he witnessed inside the unit’s vast complex in Harbin, China, where prisoners became test subjects in lethal experiments. Through visits to former laboratories and testing grounds, the documentary uncovers how Japanese scientists developed biological weapons and launched germ attacks on Chinese civilians, with effects still felt today. As Japan’s defeat loomed, Unit 731 pursued ever more desperate plans, including proposals to deploy biological weapons against the United States. This investigation traces the origins of one of wartime’s most secretive and disturbing programmes. WATCH MORE Inside Unit 731: Japan's Secret Human Experiments Part 2: https://youtu.be/LqB5fAHjyME 00:00 Introduction 01:05 Hideo Shimizu breaks his silence 04:22 Japan invades Manchuria 05:29 Shirō Ishii builds Unit 731 07:40 Harbin: Inside Unit 731’s hidden city 10:39 “Maruta”: Human experiments inside Unit 731 12:38 Japan covers up Unit 731’s crimes after the war 16:17 Anda: Open-Air germ warfare experiments 19:00 Japan’s germ warfare across China 22:24 Quzhou: Survivor of Unit 731 attacks Speak 24:23 Unit 731’s secret Singapore base 31:49 The survivors of Unit 731 36:37 Japan’s balloon bombs reach America 42:53 Erasing Unit 731’s crimes 45:48 The deal that protected Unit 731 ===== About the show: Inside Unit 731 exposes Japan’s secret biological weapons programme through survivor testimony, a former member’s confession and new evidence of hidden wartime human experiments. ========== #CNAInsider #CNAInsideUnit731 #Japan #Japanese #America #UK #SouthKorea #China #Manchuria #War #WorldWar2 #WW2 #WWII #BiologicalWarfare #History #Documentary For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnainsider/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/ Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider