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Donbe's Story

1981Directed by Bonjin Nagaki

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Released: April 26, 1981
Runtime: 1h 11m

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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
Writers: Masanori Hata
Keisuke Fujikawa
Original title: どんべえ物語

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