Film

The Bear Storm

1980 · 1h 36m · Drama · Thriller · TV Movie

An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in search of agricultural land to the land of the pioneers in Hokkaido led a peaceful life. One day, one of the pioneers, Mikio Shimakawa's wife Yura, and her child Taichi are attacked and killed by a bear that cannot hibernate. To resolve the situation, Shimakawa goes against all odds and turns to Ginshiro, the most hated hunter in the village, for help. While Shimakawa was away from the village, Yura and his friends were holding a funeral, the bear attacked again...

Rentaro Mikuni

Kensaku Morita

Hiroko Shino

Shirō Ōsaka

Gin Maeda

Renji Ishibashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Noboru Mitani

Ren Yamamoto

Kazuyo Aoki

Sayoko Tanimoto

Takashi Noguchi

Gōzō Sōma

• Yasuo FuruhataDirector
• Ei OgawaScreenplay
• Akira YoshimuraNovel

Release date

November 27, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Drama, Thriller, TV Movie, Horror

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