User:Paleface Jack/Sankebetsu brown bear incident (revision)

The Sankebetsu brown bear incident (三毛別羆事件), also known as the Rokusensawa bear attack (六線沢熊害事件) or the Tomamae brown bear incident (苫前羆事件), was a series of bear attacks which took place 9-15 December 1915, in Hokkaidō, Japan. Over the course of six days, an Ussuri brown bear attacked a number of households, killing nine people and injuring a further three. The incident has been referred to as "the worst animal attack in Japanese history". The attacks ended when the bear was shot dead.

Novels

 * 1965: The Bear Wind (羆風) by Yukio Togawa
 * 1977: The Bear Storm (羆嵐) by Akira Yoshimura

Radio play

 * 1980: The Bear Storm (羆嵐) by Sou Kuramoto, starring Rentarō Mikuni

Stage performance

 * 1986: The Bear Storm (羆嵐) by Sou Kuramoto

Manga

 * The Wild Legend (野生伝説) vol.3～5 by Yukio Togawa (story) and Takao Yaguchi (art)

Film

 * 1990: Yellow Fangs (リメインズ　美しき勇者たち) Sonny Chiba (director), Hiroyuki Sanada, Mika Muramatsu, Bunta Sugawara