Philosophy of a Knife is a 2008 film by Russian director Andrey Iskanov. It covers the Japanese Army's Unit 731

Unit 731

was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese...

, mixing archival footage, interviews, and extremely graphic reenactments of experiments performed there.

Production

The film is four hours long, is presented in two parts (Part one and Part two), uses English language and was shot in black and white. The interviews are shot in color and have English subtitles.

Release

It was shown at the 2008 Sitges Film Festival

Festival de Cine de Sitges

The Sitges Film Festival is a Spanish film festival that is one of the most recognizable ones held in Europe, considered the world's foremost international festival specializing in fantasy and horror movies...

. Unearthed Films

Unearthed Films

Unearthed Films is a U.S. film distribution company that imports exploitation films primarily from Eastern Asia. The company was created by Stephen Biro, Paul White and Rhett Rushing....

 released the unrated film on DVD in July 2008.

Soundtrack

The film also features the song Dead before Born by Manoush

Manoush

Marcia Nicole Barandshay is an Dutch-German actress, singer, songwriter, anti death penalty advocate and Screenwriter.-Early life:...

 and her band Cyanide Savior, as well as a song by A. Shevtchenko Forgive me with Manoush

Manoush

Marcia Nicole Barandshay is an Dutch-German actress, singer, songwriter, anti death penalty advocate and Screenwriter.-Early life:...

speaking the introduction to the track.

External links

• Review at Cinema-suicide.com
• Review at 10kbullets.com