Japanese Culture | World War 2 Era OSS Documentary | ca. 1943
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This vintage film - originally titled as "Japanese Background Study Program, Part 3: Japanese Behavior" - is a documentary produced by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the intelligence agency of the United States during World War 2, and the predecessor of the modern Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It was released in circa 1943 and probably used as a training material for OSS agents.
The documentary tries to provide a basic understanding of the social, economic, political and religious aspects of Japanese culture and how they affect national and social behavior. It illustrates the old, new, and western influences on Japanese culture.
As the narrator states in the introduction, "we must know them [the Japanese] as they are. [...] The people you see are like the rest of us - says the sociologists - trying to make ends meet and still get a little happiness out of life. No one can deny this truth about any human being anywhere on earth. However, differences crop up in human behavior the world over and our immediate job is to uncover and interpret the Japanese differences as well as the overall similarities as they appear in Japanese motion pictures made in the decade prior to 1941".
The documentary contains scenes of old Tokyo, traditional Japanese gardens, home life, music, dance, Shinto religious customs, and agriculture. It shows theatrical performances, festivals and sport events such as wrestling, jiu-jitsu and horse racing. It emphasizes the order, ritual, and ceremonial discipline that pervade all phases of Japanese life. It also explains the hierarchy of social strata. Young Emperor Hirohito is shown at 23:50, riding in a ceremonial event.
BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric time Jomon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia, Europe, and North America. Strong Chinese influences are still evident in traditional Japanese culture as China had historically been a regional powerhouse, which has resulted in Japan absorbing many elements of Chinese culture first through Korea, then later through direct cultural exchanges with China. The inhabitants of Japan experienced a long period of relative isolation from the outside world during the Tokugawa shogunate after Japanese missions to Imperial China, until the arrival of "The Black Ships" and the Meiji period.
Shintoism:
Shintoism is an ethnic religion that focuses on ceremonies and rituals. In Shintoism, followers believe that kami, a Shinto deity or spirit, are present throughout nature, including rocks, trees, and mountains. Humans can also be considered to possess a kami. One of the goals of Shintoism is to maintain a connection between humans, nature, and kami. The religion developed in Japan prior to the sixth century CE, after which point followers built shrines to worship kami.
Gardens:
Garden architecture is as important as building architecture and very much influenced by the same historical and religious background. A primary design principle of a garden is the creation of the landscape based on, or at least greatly influenced by, the three-dimensional monochrome ink (sumi) landscape painting, sumi-e or suibokuga. In Japan, the garden has the status of artwork.
Theater:
Kabuki is a classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers. Kabuki is sometimes translated as "the art of singing and dancing".
Tea ceremony:
A tea ceremony is a ritualized form of making tea practiced. The tea ceremony, literally translated as "way of tea" in Japanese, and "art of tea" in Chinese, is a cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of tea. The Japanese tea ceremony was influenced by the Chinese tea culture during ancient and medieval times, starting in the 9th century when tea was first introduced to Japan from China. The tea ceremony and ritual contain "an adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday life", as well as refinement, an inner spiritual content, humility, restraint and simplicity "as all arts that partake the extraordinary, an artistic artificiality, abstractness, symbolism and formalism" to one degree or another.
Japanese Culture | World War 2 Era OSS Documentary | ca. 1943
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10:54 I never thought i'd see the day a 1940s voice over said:
*"Can you just hear her heart going Doki-Doki"*
Compared to the other wartime films like Know Your Enemy Japan, this one is surprisingly propaganda-free. It even pokes fun at the Japanese mildly in a whimsical "this is a Japanese person doing their version of what we do" manner that suggests a common humanity. It passes up on countless opportunities to portray the strict discipline in many aspects of Japanese culture, the gardens, ikebana, kendo, etc. as a symbol of enemy fanaticism. It goes into the hierarchical nature of Japanese society but only in a matter-of-fact tone. 1943 is well after the internment of Japanese Americans had begun, so I'm quite surprised this film was made with this tone.
This film was made for the OSS (forerunner of the CIA), not the average grunt. It needed to be accurate.
Watch The Grave yard of Fireflies
It is a analysis of Japanese culture, therefore you can't produce propaganda.
meant for intelligence personnel, so they gotta teach these things but without the bullshit
Bet Japan started surpassed western imperialist and American one of technology before WW1 but it doesn't get credit for it that many home appliances train radio planes car from Japan invention but white men get credit for it. How else tiny poor dumb Asian country could slaughtered imprisoned and chased out all western imperialist out Asia during WW2 less than few years. How else can Japan surpassed superpower of America in last few decades in car train high technology chip transit circuit building ship electronic industries but US media don't report it now but bashing lot too. Racist asshole bigot bully as usual.
This film is excellent! It shows how well organized Japanese were and still are!
3:54 The girl on the extreme right is Ms. Kuwano Michiko, the famous Japanese actress !
The OSS must've taken this scene from one of her numerous hit movies !
What an excellent archive ! There are no stereotype such as Mt.Fuji, Geisya.., but true culture and ordinal life of Japanese. Thanks a lot for sharing it.
The Japanese have such a beautiful and fascinating culture.
yes if you only see the surface.
@@papagen00 You care to elaborate?
@@warhorse2034 under the surface it's a dark and xenophobic culture. don't be fooled by Western yellow fever.
@@warhorse2034 well they are genocidal maniacs
Tetsu Nakamura, the Japanese doctor who saved Afghanistan, is a great man.
Even the Taliban respect him.
I'm sure we'll always be fascinated by the Japanese.
Pretty neat. Something I didn’t expect. Relatively accurate and not biased. Not that i can tell at least. Very interesting.
Nice documentary. Thanks for the upload.
i really enjoyed and id love to see the first 2 parts
字幕欲しい
This is a very interesting piece, considering the period of wartime where propaganda treats the Japanese as enemies and the Nisei (mixed race JP-US citizens) being oppressed.
I wonder if this film was meant to show Americans that not all Japanese were bad, like when George Bush told America after 9/11 that not all Muslims are bad.
Nisei are not mixed race. They are second generation. Ni means two. Similarly, sansei means third gen, San meaning three, etc.
Bet this film was created before WW2.
I enjoyed this film titled "Japanese Background Study Program Part 3" very much. I've no doubt I would enjoy Parts 1 & 2 also. Available? Thanks.
Dear gryphonshire, thank you for watching. Unfortunately they are not available.
頭を下げている間は無防備です。これは信頼の証です。
もう一つ。
自分の頭の上にあなたが存在するという虚礼です。
You are defenseless while your head is bowed. This is a sign of trust.
one more.
It is a false pretence that you exist above my head.
An actor from Bridge Over the River Kwai appears very briefly (he was camp commandant.....interacts with Alex Guines in that film)
Excelente video y saludos desde Lima Perú
I'd very much appreciate japanese subtitles to be given.
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Yes the only sport I watch now is sumo and I now sleep on the floor bed broke ha! but enough about me great film. Thanks.
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10:55 didn't know they had weebs in 1943 lol
Lol it’s just a way of saying your heart is beating fast 😳
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18:00 the man looks like Takashi Shimura of Kurosawa movies fame
i kinda like that saying the science of war demands facts
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"The science of war demands facts."
Yup, and no facts about their China massacre are needed.
7:40 植芝 盛平？
What's the name of the song at around 10 minutes into the video? I enjoyed it and now i can't stop humming it.
Inserted song in the movie "Tokyo Rhapsody”（1936）
恋の饗宴~Oh Rosalita~/藤山一郎(昭和11年)
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@@snowpinecastle Thank you so much!
"Can't'cha just hear her heart go 'doki doki'?"
サムネイルは誰ですか
めっちゃ美人
9:56 藤山一郎が若くて可愛い💞
"cant you hear her heart go doki doki" had me dyin ngl
" Doki Doki ( どきどき ) is an onomatopoeic Japanese word that means " nervous heart palpitations ".
@@reynaldoflores4522 i appreciate the use of a japanese phrase with english conext is all
“Nothing Japanesque about that school house.”
I learned a new sentence today.
XD
2:27 or gateways, which often lead nowhere. But one has to find out about different cultures because the science of war demands facts. Tztztztz...
(Doing my best Spock)... Fascinating.
Torii, or gateways, which often lead nowhere 😂 such a rich understanding of a foreign culture
Torii gates are entrances to Shinto Shrines. With no door they have the purpose to admit anyone to their grounds
@@wanderlustjapan4501 Thanks, yeah, I was quoting (or mocking) the video’s narrator. 👍
Toriis are sometimes entrance to nature, such as sea, island and mountain. It 's because one of the object of faith on Shinto is nature. It gives full of food, but sometimes causes disaster, so Japanese have been feeling great power behind nature and cherish it. Interestingly, many torii's are colered red. It reminds us of passing over of Exodus and also "Trii" means "gate" in ancient Hebrew .
@@hwatabe 鳥居 Torii is two kanji bird and exist. The place where crows gather. In ancient ( Jomon ) times large trees where crows rested where thought to be messengers from the Kami. The shaman would rap the trunk with a thin paper like sheets from birch. Later this became paper. The red color of the gates is of Chinese influence. Shinto to this day is still the protector of nature.
@@hwatabe very interesting. ✌
10:56 lol it's bit funny when the narator say that, especially when you are a weeb
The narration is so funny 🤣
I like how this started out promising "facts" about Japan as if it was going to be an in-depth sociological study and turned into some guy riffing on a bunch of movie clips. 😆
I still enjoyed it though--the old footage of Sumo and martial arts was especially cool (even though they misidentified Aikido as judo or jiujitsu). And in a way it may actually have been more successful at humanizing the Japanese than a more serious documentary.
Yeah the misclassification of Aikido was disappointing but everything else were fairly good. I actually liked the movie commentaries.
We see young Gene Simmons @ 12:40 😊
A few years later he formed the Band KISS with Paul Stanley and the Cat Man !!! 😊
It's kind of odd but it seems like even back in the forties when we were at war with them we still manage to be less racist (at least in this film) then we are to many cultures these days. I'm sure it's embellished in some ways and not completely accurate but still they're basically just saying these are average ordinary people just living their lives. an affinity for discipline, precision and respect seem like admirable qualities. nowadays countries we are not even at war with are called "shittholes" by trump! what went wrong!
Nah I think it's just easier to find it now.
Every culture and people have racist tendencies towards different people , Japanese are pretty racist against black people , and their extremely xenophobic , they say its to preserve their culture that they won't let people migrate there , imagine if France or England said that , (they have very old cultures also) They would be crucified ...but not Japan??
@@Skippy-id9yt Japanese are more racist to Koreans. And pretty racist to whites. But generally their racism is "different" than many western racists. western racists are often extremely...extreme...Ive never seen any modern Japanese racist talk about "disappearing" groups of people. But in the west, you can see people talk about that on twitter!
貴方の意見は偏見だと思います。日本と外国とで実際に生活をして比べたら、日本のほうが人種差別がない国だとわかると思います。
実際に日本に来た多くの黒人の方は、日本で人種差別は受けなかったと言っています。
それと文化を守ることは悪いことですか？
日本に帰化した元ヨーロッパ人の方がインタビューで言っていましたよ。移民を受けたフランスやイギリスのように日本はならないでほしいと。
この意味がわかりませんか？
あと、今現在日本では外国人の犯罪がとても増えています。
不法移民問題はすでに起きており、深刻です。
なぜ、日本が責められるのかわかりません。
Japan is so far ahead of us
This film brings to mind how quickly a few dozen maniacs in government power can cast a whole nation into the fire.
❤
remote village and metropolis daily life was same as today's China. later one was already closing with New York but former still in ancient time .
18:49 Bridge of the Quail River ♤♤♤ Saito actor
Is this an accurate documentary with correct information???
Mostly, some are not documentary footage but local cinema footage. They misclassified Aikido as Judo/Jiujutsu but other than that it was actually very real. It was not meant as propaganda but rather for the US intelligence community. I thought the narrator was hilarious though. I couldn't imagine Japan making a documentary for its intelligence community at the time, and it being this entertaining.
Not a single word about GODZILLA.
It was made after this. But I totally see where you’re coming at. I’m a huge fan myself.
I read somewhere that these geshias are actually sold by their families and they are only ever doing this and that they have a woman who once was a geshia herself
who else is here by thier history teacher
I have been wondering for more than 30 years.
why US and Japan had to enter into the war?
anybody can answer this question?
embargo
@@franznarf that is the consequence but not the causes.
What I am looking for is cause.
@@user-zu1ul9jw1w I don't understand what you mean: if the embargo was put in place before the defeat in Mongolia in 39 that moved the expansion to the Pacific, how can it be consequential?
@@franznarf give me some time for putting my thoughts in good order once again.
But I am not convinced that only embargo is the trigger to the war.
There must be much deeper causes.
Much deeper.
@@user-zu1ul9jw1w Money
the industrial development of the state required much more raw materials and the USA was an obstacle (turned out to be worse than Russia)
And then they invent Anime. 😂😂😂😂😂
Generalized perception of Japanese culture. Japan is an island nation. It has diverse sub cultures, even its speech and vocabulary differs from one prefecture to another.
For instance, あかん (Akan) means 'No' in Kansai dialect while in standard Japanese is known as Dame.
We used be enemies now we're Allies
Allies alive when American/western societies cannot be economically/military weaker by its allies societies
這個時候的台灣是日本領土。
Lepo
Is our Japanese culture abnormal? One of the characteristics of Japanese people is the lack of discipline to unconditionally incorporate excellent foreign cultures. When I encounter a different culture, I reject it, but there is a part of me that strongly admires it.
Is it a mistake?
There's nothing wrong with wanting to preserve your culture. But certain things are done better by non-Japanese that the Japanese could adopt.
lol omg they called aikido as judo/jujitsu 🤢
Not much has changed with men the US since the 40's at least when it comes to misogyny and sarcasm. You should know the enemy and know yourself, if you're arrogant and too busy finding fault you're missing the learning process of the lesson. A rigid nationalistic culture who embraces progress to gain strength and position while adhering to cultural norms privately can be a deceptively dangerous enemy. And likely the reason they were to able to blindside and rock the US Navy in Pearl Harbor.
I love how they manage to do both racism and propaganda at the same time
First, you must understand why and how' concept of racism' coming from? My answer it arises when western countries starting positioned themselves as immigration countries.
Since then,non immigration/homogenous societies will labeled as xenophobic/racism/discrimination from western perspective
Wedgie wrestlers
China.., remembers.
China invaded Japan long long long before Japan invaded China
Am sure uygur remembers china as well.
-Western style 😂
They all screamed the same under the mushroom clouds.
Don't start nothing and there won't be nothing.
The atom bomb got them an attitude adjustment
There's nothing be proud of use invented deadly weapons war machine to invade impress oppress impose other especially on innocent unarmed millions civilians around the world too. Coward racist bigot bully.
일본이 발전한 것은 한국 덕분
thank you korea
thank you korea
thank you korea
いつも妄想の世界を語るのが韓国人😂
日本がインフラを整えてあげるまで、韓国人は道路で寝ている様な民族でした
逆やろ。日本がなかったら韓国は今北朝鮮のような人生。