Philosophy of a Knife (2008)

Directed by

Andrey Iskanov

Genre

drama film, splatter film, pseudo-documentary

Country

Russia, United States

Runtime

4h 07m

Rated

NC-17

Rating

3.8 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is about the Japanese Army's Unit 731 from World War II. It mixes archive footage, interviews, and extreme reenactments of experiments.

bleakgraphicslow-burnclinicalunsettlingdisturbingdocumentary-styleharrowingrelentless

What happens

Philosophy of a Knife is a 2008 documentary exploitation horror film written, produced, shot, edited, and directed by Andrey Iskanov. It covers the Japanese Army's Unit 731, mixing archival footage, interviews, and extremely graphic reenactments of experiments. The film is four hours long and is presented in two parts (Part one and Part two). It was shot in black and white and in English. The interviews are shot in color and have English subtitles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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