Our Job in Japan

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Our Job in Japan was a United States propaganda film made in 1945, shortly after the war. It is the companion to the more famous Your Job In Germany.

Our Job in Japan was aimed at GIs about to go to Japan in order to participate in the 1945-1952 Allied Occupation, and presents the problem of turning the militarist state into a peaceful democracy.

The film focuses on unnamed military officials used the traditional Japanese religion of Shinto as well as the educational system, to take over power, control the populace, and wage aggressive war.

[edit] See also

• List of Allied Propaganda Films of World War 2

[edit] External links

• Complete film at Movieflix
• Complete film at Google Video