Chocolate and Soldiers (チョコレートと兵隊, Chokorēto to Heitai) is a 1938 Japanese war film directed by Sato Takeshi.

It is considered to be a "humanist" film, paying close attention to the human feelings of both the soldier and his family.

[1] The American director Frank Capra said of Chocolate and Soldiers "We can't beat this kind of thing.

"[2] The film opened the Japan Society's series of Japanese Second World War movies shown in the United States in 1987.

[2] Cinema theorist Kate Taylor-Jones suggests that along with films like Mud and Soldiers and The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi, Chocolate and Soldiers provided "a vision of the noble, obedient and honourable Japanese army fighting to defend the emperor and Japan.