Donbe's Story

どんべえ物語

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Information TV Special · 1 eps · 71 min · Finished · Eiken

Format: TV Special
Episodes: 1
Episode length: 71 min
Status: Finished
Aired: Apr 26, 1981
Season: Spring 1981
Studio: Eiken
Genres: Kids
Rating: G · All Ages

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Researcher raises orphaned bear cub Donbe on remote Hokkaido island while studying wild bears and facing poachers.

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.

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No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Donbe's Story begins and ends here.

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