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We should be thankful that we did not grow up in that era.
In the long river of human history, some events are like a haze that never dissipates, weighing heavily on people's hearts, constantly reminding us of the dark abyss into which humanity has fallen. The atrocities committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Army invading China are such a painful history that cannot be forgiven or forgotten.
Unit 731, under the guise of "epidemic prevention and water supply", was secretly carrying out cruel and evil activities. They treated innocent people as "logs" (Japanese, meaning "logs", which was the name given by Unit 731 to living people used for experiments), performed live dissections, and removed human organs one by one for research without anesthesia; conducted frostbite experiments, exposing people to extremely cold environments, and then hitting frozen limbs with wooden sticks to observe the tragic separation of flesh and bones; carried out research and development of bacterial weapons, cultivated deadly pathogens such as plague, cholera, and anthrax, tested the effects on living people, and also released bacterial weapons in many parts of China, causing countless people to become sick and die painfully, and countless families to be torn apart, bringing a devastating disaster to the Chinese people. The cruelty of their actions and the bad means they used seriously trampled on the moral bottom line and conscience of mankind.
Fortunately, there is a film that bravely stood up and was determined to uncover this dusty dark history and let more people see the hideous face of Unit 731. It is the movie (731). The movie is scheduled to be released on July 31, 2025, carrying a heavy historical mission. In order to truly restore the crimes of Unit 731, the film's creative team has made great efforts. They spent ten years visiting 17 countries around the world and consulting a massive amount of historical materials of more than one million words, striving to ensure that every detail has historical basis. The crew specially invited Jin Chengmin, director of the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes of Unit 731 of the Japanese Invaders in China, to serve as a historical consultant. In the construction of the shooting scene, the 1:1 replica of the Sifang Building Ruins of Unit 731, the "Special Transfer" train carriage and other key scenes, from the architectural pattern to the stitches of the Japanese uniforms and the style of the experimental equipment, are strictly restored according to historical materials. At the same time, the film also displays more than 70 precious cultural relics from real sites, including gas masks, bacterial incubators, porcelain bombs, etc. These cultural relics silently tell the suffering of the year, allowing the audience to more intuitively feel the heaviness and pain of history.
In terms of the cast, (731) is a luxurious film, featuring Jiang Wu, Wang Zhiwen, Li Naiwen and other powerful actors. In order to better interpret the role, Jiang Wu lost 15 kilograms and devoted himself to the role, vividly interpreting the character's resistance process from numbness to awakening; Wang Zhiwen, with his superb acting skills and unique "moral dilemma performance method", successfully portrayed a Japanese military doctor with a conscience, allowing the audience to see the struggle and complexity of human nature under extreme circumstances. The participation of actors such as Sun Qian and Irene Wan also added a lot of color to the film. They enriched the character group from different angles, making the film incorporate more humanized expressions into the serious historical narrative, allowing the audience to more deeply experience the joys, sorrows, anger, and painful struggles of the characters in that period of history.
However, this film, which aims to restore the historical truth and warn future generations, encountered many obstacles in the preparation stage. Due to the sensitive subject matter, some forces boycotted it with absurd reasons such as "bloody incitement" and "affecting Sino-Japanese relations", and there were even reports that Japanese consortiums tried to interfere with the content of the film. But the creative team always stood firm and did not back down. They knew their responsibility, which was to make the historical truth known to the world. After going through all kinds of difficulties, the film finally successfully passed the review and met with the audience. Previously, when the film was previewed at the university, it received a high rating of 9.2 points. Many students who watched the film said that they were greatly shocked and felt the heaviness of history and the hard-won peace.
(731) The choice of July 31, a special date, is very meaningful. On this day in 1945, Unit 731 hastily blew up facilities and burned documents in an attempt to destroy evidence of their crimes, trying to cover up the heinous crimes they committed. But history cannot be easily erased. Now that the film is released on this day, it is like a powerful response to that dark history and a retrial of the crimes of Unit 731. It reminds us all the time that although that history has passed, the pain should never be forgotten and justice will never be absent.
The release of the film (731) is more than just a film or TV work. It is a solace to the countless lives lost in the atrocities of Unit 731, a promotion of historical justice, and a vivid and profound historical education lesson. It reminds us that peace is not a gift from heaven, but requires us to always remember history, draw strength from the sufferings of history, jointly defend the bottom line of peace and justice, and never let similar tragedies happen again. On July 31, 2025, let us go to the cinema to witness this unforgettable history together, safeguard the historical truth with practical actions, and pass on the belief in peace.