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The Sankebetsu brown bear incident (三毛別羆事件, Sankebetsu higuma jiken), also known as the Rokusensawa bear attack (六線沢熊害事件, Rokusensawa yūgai jiken) or the Tomamae brown bear incident (苫前羆事件, Tomamae higuma jiken), 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.

Adaptations and dramatizations

Novels

• 1965: The Bear Wind (羆風, Kuma Kaze) by Yukio Togawa
• 1977: The Bear Storm (羆嵐, Kuma Arashi) by Akira Yoshimura

Radio play

• 1980: The Bear Storm (羆嵐, Kuma Arashi) by Sou Kuramoto, starring Rentarō Mikuni

Stage performance

• 1986: The Bear Storm (羆嵐, Kuma Arashi) by Sou Kuramoto

Manga

• The Wild Legend (野生伝説, Yasei Densetsu) 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, Rimeinzu Utsukushiki Yūshatachi, "Remains: Beautiful Heroes") Sonny Chiba (director), Hiroyuki Sanada, Mika Muramatsu, Bunta Sugawara

See also

• Sloth bear of Mysore
• Bear danger

Sources

Books

• Kimura, Moritake (October 20, 2015). 慟哭の谷 北海道三毛別・史上最悪のヒグマ襲撃事件 [Valley of Weeping: The worst brown bear attack in history in Sankebetsu, Hokkaido] (in Japanese) (3rd ed.). Japan: Bungeishunju. ISBN 978-4-1679-0534-7.