Philosophy of a Knife (2008)
"Philosophy of a Knife" erzählt die wahre Geschichte der bekannten Einheit 731, der Einheit zur Forschung und Entwicklung biologischer und chemischer Waffen zur Kriegsführung der Kaiserlich Japanischen Armee. Der Film ist eine komplette Zusammenfassung der Einrichtung vom Beginn in den 1930er bis zum Niedergang 1945, den darauffolgenden Kriegsverbrecherprozessen in Chabarowsk, Sowjetunion, der angeklagten Ärzte und Soldaten, die sich für die berüchtigen Kriegsverbrechen zu verantworten hatten. Zuvor unbekannte Fakten der Einrichtung werden durch den Zeitzeugen, ehemaligen Doktor und Militärübersetzer Anatoly Protasov bekannt. Die Dokumentation mit Spielhandlung erzählt aus der Sichtweise einer jungen japanischen Krankenschwester im Lager, sowie eines japanischen Offiziers, der tiefe Zuneigung zu einer russischen Gefangenen empfindet, aber zwischen dem Zweck eines Größeren zu dienen hin und her gerissen ist...
Der Regisseur:
Andrey Iskanov
Der Autor:
Andrey Iskanov
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Tomoya Okamoto as The Officer #2 |
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Elena Probatova as The Favorite Girl |
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Anatoly Protasov as Himself |
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Tetsuro Sakagami as The Officer #1 |
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Artem Seleznyov as The Frostbite Experiment Man |
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Victor Silkin as The Old Surgeon |
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Dmitriy Skripnik as The Captured Airplane Pilot |
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Alyona Strebkova as The Dental Torture Girl |
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Anna Subbotina as The Insect Experiment Girl |
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Stephen Tipton as Historical Commentary (voice) |
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Irina Zenkina as The Syphilis Experiment Girl |
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Yukari Fujimoto as The Female Nurse #1 |
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Manoush as The Female Nurse #1 (voice) |
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Yumiko Fujiwara as The Female Nurse #2 |
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Masaki Kitagava as The Female Nurse #3 |
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Reiko Niakawa as The Female Nurse #4 |
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Irina Nikitina as The Pregnant Girl |
| Directing | Andrey Iskanov | Director |
| Art | Andrey Iskanov | Production Design |
| Production | Stephen Biro | Producer |
| Production | Andrey Iskanov | Producer |
| Editing | Andrey Iskanov | Editor |
| Camera | Andrey Iskanov | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Andrey Iskanov | Writer |
| Sound | Alexandr Shevchenko | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Andrey Iskanov | Cinematography |
| Sound | Alexandr Shevchenko | Music |
| Art | Andrey Iskanov | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Andrey Iskanov | Sound Effects Designer |
| Crew | Andrey Iskanov | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Alexandr Shevchenko | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Svyatoslav Iliyasov | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrey Iskanov | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dmitriy Skripnik | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Svyatoslav Iliyasov | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Andrey Iskanov | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Svyatoslav Iliyasov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Andrey Iskanov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Dmitriy Skripnik | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatyana Nilitina | Costumer |
| Crew | Alexander Bakshaev | Translator |
| Crew | Hannah Barry | Translator |
| Art | Eugeniy Prohvatilov | Gun Wrangler |
| Art | Alexandr Shevchenko | Title Designer |
| Crew | Elena Aktanko | Thanks |
| Crew | Viktoriya Bilan | Thanks |
| Crew | Darya Bildi | Thanks |
| Crew | Роман Ким | Thanks |
| Crew | Konstantin Lugovkin | Thanks |
| Crew | Manoush | Thanks |
| Crew | Eugeniy Prohvatilov | Thanks |
| Crew | Anatoly Protasov | Thanks |
| Crew | Сергей Романов | Thanks |
| Crew | Alexandr Shevchenko | Thanks |
| Crew | Richard Shinderman | Thanks |
| Crew | Alexander Silkin | Thanks |
| Crew | Natalia Skripnik | Thanks |
| Crew | Stanislav Tcymzhitov | Thanks |
| Crew | Stephen Tipton | Thanks |
| Crew | Chris Vazquez | Thanks |
| Writing | Andrey Iskanov | Idea |
| Writing | Andrey Iskanov | Story |
| Writing | Andrey Iskanov | Screenplay |