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Release Date:
April 26, 1981
Original Title:
どんべえ物語
Alternate Titles:
Donbe Monogatari
Genres:
Animation | TV Movie
Production Companies:
Eiken
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 71
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.
Animation Director:
Toshitaka Tsunoda
Kiyomu Fukuda
Character Designer:
Kiyomu Fukuda
Director:
Bonjin Nagaki
Music:
Hiroshi Takada
Original Story:
Masanori Hata
Producer:
Hidehiko Takei
Yonehiko Watanabe
Screenplay:
Keisuke Fujikawa
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