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Revision as of 21:09, 25 August 2019
Philosophy of a Knife
Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
The Officer #1
Tetsuro Sakagami
The Officer #2
Tomoya Okamoto
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 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 rare appearance in a Russian movie, the historically correct Nambu Type 14 is used by The Officer #1 (Tetsuro Sakagami) throughout the movie. In firing scenes, the muzzle flash is added with CGI, and the slide never moves.
Upon close inspection, it can be seen that while the screen gun is obviously a Late Nambu model, part of the slide is taken from the Early Nambu model. Most likely, the movie prop was partially broken and repaired with parts from other Nambu Type 14 pistols, or possibly even assembled from numerous heavy damaged Nambus.
Two Nambu Type 14s can also be seen in a gun closet.
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 ejection 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 Two Nambus can be seen at the left, under the Mauser. Walther PP The Officer #1 (Tetsuro Sakagami) briefly holds a Walther PP at one point.
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 from 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 prepares to puts the pistol back. Walther P88 Compact A heavily anachronistic Walther P88 Compact can be seen in the hands of The Officer #1 (Tetsuro Sakagami) at one point.
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 In firint scenes, officer #1's P88 switches to a 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 in a gun closet.
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) investigates a Blow 38 in 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 held 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 Imperial Japanese Army soldiers are armed with the completely historically incorrect Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle .
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 in a gun closet.
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. 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 grenade 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 grenade 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 wielding 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 prepares to attack, Arisaka rifles in hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Japanese tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Imperial 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 wielding 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 Imperial 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 wielding 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 Ditto. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bombing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The armament of destroyed 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 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 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 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 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 LVT class amphibious vehicles (cannot identify the exact model but possibly LVT-4). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The American soldiers. 
