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==Soviet–Japanese War==
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet tank.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet T-34-85 tank.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet tank.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet tank.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet tank.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet tank.]]
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[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ditto.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet soldier with the [[PPSh-41]].]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet soldier with the [[PPSh-41]].]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The combat planes.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Il-2 (or maybe mix of Il-2 and Il-10) planes.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet soldier with the PPSh.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet soldier with the PPSh.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet soldiers.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet soldiers.]]
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[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet soldier with the PPSh-41.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet soldier with the PPSh.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 12.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet soldier with the PPSh.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet tank.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet ISU-152 tank.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet [[DShK]], mounted on the tank.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Soviet [[Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun ]], mounted on motorcycle .]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ditto.]]
[[Image:Philosophy footage 19 15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A ditto.]]
Philosophy of a Knife
Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
The Officer #1
Tetsuro Sakagami
The Officer #2
Tomoya Okamoto
The Female Nurse #1
Yukari Fujimoto
The Female Nurse #2
Yumiko Fujiwara
The Female Nurse #3
Masaki Kitagava
The Female Nurse #4
Reiko Niakawa
The Favorite Girl
Elena Romanova Probatova
The Pregnant Girl
Irina Nikitina
The Blond Girl
Tatyana Kopeykina
The Brunette Girl
Veronika Leonova
Philosophy of a Knife is a 2008 Russian-American horror movie, based on the story of the Japanese Unit 731.
Note : This movie was filmed at the Khabarovsk, Russia, which likely influenced the choice of the weapons shown in the movie.
The following weapons were used in the film Philosophy of a Knife :
Pistols Nambu Type 14 A very rare guest of the Russian movie, the historically correct Nambu Type 14 was used by the The Officer #1 (Tetsuro Sakagami) throughout the movie. Two Namby Type 14 can be seen on the wall.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Late Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer draws his Nambu. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer threatens the girl (Irina Zenkina). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer puts his Nambu to the boy (Vladimir Volodin). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close Up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer grabs his Nambu from the table of guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the ejector's port. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the slide. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer draws his Nambu. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close Up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the wooden grips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer aims his Nambu on the girl (Elena Romanova Probatova). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The two Nambus can be seen at the left, under the Mauser.. Walther PP The Officer #1 (Tetsuro Sakagami) briefly holds Walther PP at the one moment.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing War Time Walther PP Pistol. The lesser-known, full-length barreled Walther PP is available in .22LR, 6.35mm auto (.25 ACP), 7.65x17mm (.32 ACP) Auto or 9x17mm (.380 ACP). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer grabs the pistol frome the table of guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The another view of this pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A more close view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer prepairs to puts the pistol back. Walther P88 Compact A heavy anachronistic Walther P88 Compact can be seen in the hands of the Officer #1 (Tetsuro Sakagami) at the one moment.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P88 Compact - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer grabs the P88 from the table of guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer aims. Makarov PM At the firing scenes, officer #1's P88 switches to Makarov PM .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer aims... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and fires. Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" The Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" can be seen on the wall.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Note the rear tangent sight; in something of a display of wishful thinking, the C96's sight is adjustable for ranges up to 1000 meters. Later examples had a sight adjustable to a still unrealistic 500 meters. C96 pistols with fixed rear sights are very rare. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Mauser can be seen at the top, left. Note the two Nambus under it. Revolvers Blow 38 The Officer #1 (Tetsuro Sakagami) investigate the Blow 38 at the one scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Blow 38, black finish - 9mm R.K and P.A.K. blanks Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer grabs the revolver from the table of guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer investigate the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer puts the revolver back to the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 The Nagant M1895 can be seen holded by the Officer #1 (Tetsuro Sakagami).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer grabs the revolver from the table of guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hammer can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The top of the Nagant can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rear sight can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip can be seen. Rifles Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle The Imperial Japanese Army soldiers were armed with the Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle , which is complitely historicaly uncorrect.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle with Russian PU 3.5x sniper scope (this example is one of the repurposed SVT-40 scopes, 91/30 PU scopes had consistent tube diameter as the mount rings were shorter) and down turned bolt handle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Numerous Mosin-Nagants near the wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the turned down bolt handle. Arisaka Type 38 Numerous Arisaka Type 38s can be seen on the gun stand.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka Error creating thumbnail: File missing Numerous rifles can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzles can be seen (The officer holds a Nambu. Grenades F-1 hand grenade The F-1 hand grenade can be seen on the table of guns.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing The greande at the left. F1 hand grenade The F1 hand grenade also can be seen on the table with the guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing F1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade with Mle1916 Billant fuse. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The greande at the right. Other The gun room Numerou unknown guns can be seen in the gun room.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The guns on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The numerous guns. MS-1 Tank The Imperial Japanese Army owns a Soviet MS-1 tank. According to the shape of the turret and especially the gun mounting, the actual MS-1 in the movie is an exhibit from the Museum of Russian military history .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The front... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and rear parts. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The main weaponry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The left... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...the right... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and center parts. The numerous footages from old movies, as well as old war photos can be seen.
Russo-Japanese War Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Navy ships, sunk in Port Arthur in 1904. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The heavy cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle vielding soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The naval cannon during the battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The naval ship. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The naval ship. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The naval cannons. Japanese intervention in Siberia Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese Army soldiers with the Arisaka Rifles . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Naval ships. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The fiels cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese Army soldiers, armed with the Arisaka Type 38s . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle armed Imperial Japanese Army soldiers. Second Sino-Japanese War Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldiers with the rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese poster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese soldiers with the Arisaka Rifles . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The field cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The field cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The heavy cannon... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...is fired. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese Army soldiers prepairs to attack, Arisaka rifles in hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Japanese tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Iperial Japanese Army soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese Army soldiers with the Arisakas. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial japanese Army soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The partisans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The IJN Vickers Crossley armored car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle vieldied Imperial Japanese Army soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Japanese poster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Japanese soldiers with the rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial japanese Army soldiers with the arisaka rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese soldiers fires their Arisakas. Battle of Lake Khasan Error creating thumbnail: File missing The poster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Iperial Japanese Army soldiers fires his Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese Army soldier with the Arisaka rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese Army soldiers with the Arisakas. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese Army soldier with the Type 11 Light Machine Gun . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial japanese Army soldier with the arisaka. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cannons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cannons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldier with the PPD-34/38 . Battles of Khalkhin Gol Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Mongolian soldier with the Degtyaryov DP-28 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle vielding soldiers and the tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The sSoviet soldiers with the Mosin-Nagants and PPD-34/38 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Japanese soldier charges his Arisaka Type 99 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Despite posting as Khalkhin Gol footage, this is in reality much later footage as these planes are Soviet Pe-2 bombers that appeared only in 1940. Most likely that this is a 1943-1945 footage. Winter War Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Finnish soldier fires his Maxim M1910 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Finnish soldiers with the Finnish Mosin-nagants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldiers with the rifles. Attack on Pearl Harbor Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese Army combat planes attack the Pearl Harbor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ditto. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bombing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The armament of destroed American planes. Battle of Iwo Jima Error creating thumbnail: File missing The American soldiers with the M1A1 Carbines . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The American soldiers with the M2 Flamethrower . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ditto. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The american soldiers with the M1 Garands and M2 Flamethrower. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The American soldier with the M2 Flamethrower. Surrender of Germany Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldiers with the Mosin-Nagant Rifles . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldier with the PPSh-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldiers with the Mosin-Nagants during the parade on the Red Square. Soviet–Japanese War Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet T-34-85 tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ditto. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldier with the PPSh-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Il-2 (or maybe mix of Il-2 and Il-10) planes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldier with the PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldier fires his PTRD-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldier with the PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldier with the PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet ISU-152 tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun , mounted on motorcycle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ditto. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Little Boy bomb. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The B-29 Enola Gay bomber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fat Man bomb. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Bockscar bomber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Bombers. Surrender of Japan Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese Army soldiers puts their Arisaka Type 99 rifle on the ground Error creating thumbnail: File missing The holstered Mauser C96 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Japanese cadets (Meiji era) with the rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifles in Japanese military plant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Nazi German soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial Japanese Army soldiers with the Arisakas. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ditto. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Japanese boys with the toy guns during the festival. The boy at the center holds a Tanegashima . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldiers with the rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rocket artillery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The American soldiers during the attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The American soldiers. 
