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
Note : This movie was filmed in Khabarovsk, Russia, which likely influenced the choice of 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 through CGI, and the bolt never moves.
Upon closer inspection, it can be seen that while the screen gun is obviously a late-model Nambu, 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 heavily-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-up view of the ejection port. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up view of the cocking knob. 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 closer view of the wooden grips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer aims his Nambu at 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 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer grabs the pistol from the table of guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of this pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer prepares to put 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 closer view. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer aims. Makarov PM In firing scenes, The Officer #1's P88 switches to an also anachronistic 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 Mauser C96 "Pre-War Commercial" - 7.63x25mm Mauser 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) inspects 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 inspects 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 on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 A 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 completely historically incorrect Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifles .
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 A 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 A French F1 hand grenade can also be seen on the table of 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 Numerous unknown guns can be seen in the gun room.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The guns on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Numerous guns. MS-1 Tank The Imperial Japanese Army uses 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. Numerous footage from old movies, as well as old war photos and actual historical footage, 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 Heavy cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifle-wielding soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A naval cannon during battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Naval ship. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Naval ship. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Naval cannons. Japanese intervention in Siberia Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese Army soldiers with the Arisaka Rifles . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Naval ships. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Field cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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 Soldiers with rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese poster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese soldiers with Arisaka Rifles . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Field cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Field cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A heavy cannon... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...is fired. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese Army soldiers prepares to attack, Arisaka rifles in hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese Army soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese Army soldiers with the Arisakas. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese Army soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Multiple IJN Vickers Crossley armored cars. 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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cannons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cannons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier on horseback with a PPD-34/38 . Battles of Khalkhin Gol Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mongolian soldier with the Degtyaryov DP-28 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifle-wielding soldiers and the tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with the Mosin-Nagants and PPD-34/38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Japanese soldier charges his Arisaka Type 99 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Despite posing as Khalkhin Gol footage, this is in reality much later footage as these planes are Soviet Pe-2 bombers, which were first introduced in 1941. Most likely, this is footage shot between 1943 and 1945. Winter War Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Finnish soldier fires his Maxim M1910 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Finnish soldiers with the Finnish M39 Mosin Nagant . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with rifles. Attack on Pearl Harbor Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Japanese Navy combat planes attack 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 American soldiers with M1 Carbines . Error creating thumbnail: File missing An American soldier with the M1 Flamethrower . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ditto. Error creating thumbnail: File missing American soldiers with M1 Garands and an M2 Flamethrower . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The American soldier with the M2 Flamethrower. Surrender of Germany Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldiers with Mosin Nagant Rifles . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with a PPSh-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldiers with the Mosin Nagants during the Red Square victory parade. Soviet–Japanese War Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet T-34-85 tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet cannon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ditto. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with the PPSh-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Il-2 (or maybe a mix of Il-2 and Il-10) planes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with the PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier fires his PTRD-41 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with the PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with the PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet ISU-152 self-propelled gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun , mounted on a 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 Imperial Japanese Army soldiers puts their Arisaka Type 99 rifles on the ground Error creating thumbnail: File missing A holstered Mauser C96 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Japanese cadets (Meiji era) with rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles in a Japanese military plant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nazi Germany soldiers. 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