Our Job in Japan (1945)

Our Job in Japan was a United States military training film made in 1945 shortly after World War II It is the companion to the more famous Your Job In Germany The film was aimed at American troops about to go to Japan to participate in the 19451952 Allied occupation and presents the problem of turning the militarist state into a peaceful democracy The film focused on the Japanese military officials who had used the traditional religion of Shinto as well as the educational system to take over power control the populace and wage aggressive war