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Philosophy Of a Knife

20084.0 / 10249 min
Drama, Horror, Documentary

Overview

God created Heaven. Man created Hell.

The true history of Japanese Unit 731, from its beginnings in the 1930s to its demise in 1945, and the subsequent trials in Khabarovsk, USSR, of many of the Japanese doctors from Unit 731. The facts are told, and previously unknown evidence is revealed by an eyewitness to these events, former doctor and military translator, Anatoly Protasov.

Cast

Tomoya Okamoto

Tomoya Okamoto

The Officer #2

Elena Probatova

Elena Probatova

The Favorite Girl

Anatoly Protasov

Anatoly Protasov

Himself

Tetsuro Sakagami

Tetsuro Sakagami

The Officer #1

Artem Seleznyov

Artem Seleznyov

The Frostbite Experiment Man

Victor Silkin

Victor Silkin

The Old Surgeon

Dmitriy Skripnik

Dmitriy Skripnik

The Captured Airplane Pilot

Alyona Strebkova

Alyona Strebkova

The Dental Torture Girl

Anna Subbotina

Anna Subbotina

The Insect Experiment Girl

Stephen Tipton

Stephen Tipton

Historical Commentary (voice)

Irina Zenkina

Irina Zenkina

The Syphilis Experiment Girl

Yukari Fujimoto

Yukari Fujimoto

The Female Nurse #1

Manoush

Manoush

The Female Nurse #1 (voice)

Yumiko Fujiwara

Yumiko Fujiwara

The Female Nurse #2

Masaki Kitagava

Masaki Kitagava

The Female Nurse #3

Reiko Niakawa

Reiko Niakawa

The Female Nurse #4

Irina Nikitina

Irina Nikitina

The Pregnant Girl

Crew

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Director

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Production Design

Stephen Biro

Stephen Biro

Producer

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Producer

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Editor

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Director of Photography

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Writer

Alexandr Shevchenko

Alexandr Shevchenko

Original Music Composer

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Cinematography

Alexandr Shevchenko

Alexandr Shevchenko

Music

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Set Decoration

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Sound Effects Designer

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Special Effects

Alexandr Shevchenko

Alexandr Shevchenko

Visual Effects

Svyatoslav Iliyasov

Svyatoslav Iliyasov

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Dmitriy Skripnik

Dmitriy Skripnik

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Svyatoslav Iliyasov

Svyatoslav Iliyasov

Still Photographer

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Still Photographer

Svyatoslav Iliyasov

Svyatoslav Iliyasov

Stunt Coordinator

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Stunt Coordinator

Dmitriy Skripnik

Dmitriy Skripnik

Stunts

Tatyana Nilitina

Tatyana Nilitina

Costumer

Alexander Bakshaev

Alexander Bakshaev

Translator

Hannah Barry

Hannah Barry

Translator

Eugeniy Prohvatilov

Eugeniy Prohvatilov

Gun Wrangler

Alexandr Shevchenko

Alexandr Shevchenko

Title Designer

Elena Aktanko

Elena Aktanko

Thanks

Viktoriya Bilan

Viktoriya Bilan

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Darya Bildi

Darya Bildi

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Roman Kim

Roman Kim

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Konstantin Lugovkin

Konstantin Lugovkin

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Manoush

Manoush

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Eugeniy Prohvatilov

Eugeniy Prohvatilov

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Anatoly Protasov

Anatoly Protasov

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Sergey Romanov

Sergey Romanov

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Alexandr Shevchenko

Alexandr Shevchenko

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Richard Shinderman

Richard Shinderman

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Alexander Silkin

Alexander Silkin

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Natalia Skripnik

Natalia Skripnik

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Stanislav Tcymzhitov

Stanislav Tcymzhitov

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Stephen Tipton

Stephen Tipton

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Chris Vazquez

Chris Vazquez

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Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Idea

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Story

Andrey Iskanov

Andrey Iskanov

Screenplay