Donbe's Story

どんべえ物語

Researcher Mutsugoro takes his family to a remote and uninhabited island near Hokkaido, to study the local population of wild bears. Nearby poachers make his life difficult, and he "inherits" an orphaned bear cub, whom the family call Donbe and raise as one of their own.

Director

Bonjin Nagaki

Screenplay

Keisuke Fujikawa

Status

Released

Release date

26/04/1981

Original language

Japanese