Under Northern Lights
Japanese DVD cover
Under Northern Lights Pod severnym siyaniyem ) aka Under Aurora Orora no shita de ) is a cooperative 1990 Soviet-Japanese movie, directed by Petras Abukiavicus, Toshio Gotô, and Sergei Vronsky. Set in the Russian and Japanese Empires between 1912 and 1917, the film tells the story of the life and friendship of Japanese hunter Genzo Tamiya (Kôji Yakusho ), his Russian friend Arseniy (Andrei Boltnev ), and Arseniy's tamed wolf Buran. This movie was filmed in Siberia and Japan, by a Soviet-Japanese cast and crew and is bilingual.
The following weapons were used in the film Under Northern Lights (Pod severnym siyaniyem) :
Handguns Russian Nagant M1895 A Russian police chief (Yuriy Plotnikov) briefly draws a Russian Nagant M1895 . It's seen only in darkness.
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 chief of police draws his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unknown Handgun A Japanese military policeceman (Guts Ishimatsu) carries an unknown handgun that's only seen in a holster.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shotguns 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Alyosha (Zhanat 'Zhan' Baizhanbayev) fires a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun in the film's beginning. Later, this gun appears in the hands of Arseniy (Andrei Boltnev ). Various hunters, including Lezhnev (Nikita Mikhalkov ) fire 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotguns while hunting. A store owner (Vladimir Kuznetsov) briefly holds a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun at one moment. A few Double Barreled Shotgun can be seen at the store along with unknown rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Murata converted Rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close view of the Murata bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Genzo Tamiya (Kôji Yakusho ) aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Genzo Tamiya (Kôji Yakusho ) with the rifle on his back. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closer view of the bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Genzo Tamiya (Kôji Yakusho ) fires while hunting in Japan. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Genzo Tamiya (Kôji Yakusho ) with the rifle slung over his shoulder.
Winchester Model 1895 A Winchester Model 1895 is the personal firearm of Arseniy (Andrei Boltnev ). In the finale, this rifle is used by Genzo Tamiya (Kôji Yakusho ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester Model 1895 - .30 Cal - Commercial Version with a few very slight differences between it and the military version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arseniy (Andrei Boltnev ) carries his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle hanging on a wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Genzo Tamiya (Kôji Yakusho ) fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Genzo Tamiya (Kôji Yakusho ) aims. Mosin Nagant Rifle Old Evenk Niyako (Maksim Munzuk ) brings a few Mosin Nagant Rifles . In archival footage, Bolshevik rebels carry Mosin Nagant Rifles .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles in the store. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A few rifles in the darkness. 
