Quote:
"Up in Canada the government producers of the World in Action series continue to amaze the audiences with the pungency and vitality of their documentary records of a world at war. American distribution for these excellent shorts, made under the guidance of John Grierson and Stuart Legg, is gradually widening, and they should eventually be seen in every city and town throughout the country. For in telling Canada's story, they tell ours too. This becomes particularly clear in the three latest films to be released here: Inside Fighting Russia, Inside Fighting China, and The Mask of Nippon. The scene above is from the last film, one of many scenes designed to show the dualism of the Japanese character, which can countenance worship with equal fervor at the shrines of warlike and bucolic gods."
-- Theatre Arts [1942]

Source:
Theatre Arts. "The Mask of Nippon." Theatre Arts, vol. 26, no. 12, December 1942. (p. 777)