Yellow Fangs (1990): Cast & Plot

In a bitter winter at the tail end of the Taisho era, a mountain village at the edge of a northern country faces a disturbing pattern: bears strike again and again, and many of the assaults end with the loss of women to the predators. A tough matagi group, emerging from a remote place called Eagle Talon, ascends the snowbound slopes to hunt the threat, led by Kasuke. They believe the culprit is Akamadara, a man-eating bear that once tormented their village and surrounding communities. Akamadara’s hunger, they reason, grew as mining and development destroyed natural habitats, inviting further tragedy as progress marches on.