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To be more efficient, thousands of Japanese executives are sent by their bosses to the "leadership training school". For thirteen days, they are subjected to an iron regime from which they cannot escape, for fear of being fired, in the midst of an economic crisis. At the foot of Mount Fuji, in the province of Shizuoka, two hours from Tokyo, the center is unique in the world. Created in 1979, it is renowned for its disciplinary methods and the psychological pressure it places on its students. Each year, nearly 4,500 senior executives of all ages, employees of large companies and SMEs, learn to correct their faults to become good soldiers of the Japanese economy. As in the army, these qualified employees, who earn up to 15,000 euros per month, wake up to the bugle, raise the colors, clean, do gymnastics. The ultimate physical test: a 40 km march. To "straighten out" these executives, the teachers, all trained on site, return to the basics: reading, writing, speaking... Welcome to the Mount Fuji camp, both a mirror and a caricature of Japanese companies, which are currently experiencing their most serious crisis since the bursting of the financial bubble. First broadcast on 05/07/2009 A film by Alexis Marant Lena Mauger