{"id":239044,"date":"2025-10-25T10:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T10:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/239044\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T10:54:07","slug":"japanese-film-about-man-eating-bear-delayed-after-deadly-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/239044\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese film about man-eating bear delayed after deadly attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">TOKYO \u2013 A recent string of deadly bear attacks has prompted Japanese filmmakers to postpone the release of a gory horror movie with the same theme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Bears have killed at least nine people in Japan so far in 2025, an unwanted record that the government has described as a \u201cserious problem\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The film \u2013 titled Brown Bear! and featuring depictions of an animal \u201cattacking and eating\u201d humans \u2013 was initially scheduled for release in November. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Producers announced on Oct 24 that the release would be delayed, adding that they \u201ctake seriously the fact that there have been a series of real-life attacks\u201d in the country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Bears have been increasingly encroaching into towns due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/japan-vows-tougher-measures-after-record-bear-attack-deaths?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">Japan\u2019s new environment minister vowed to toughen bear controls<\/p>\n<p><\/a>, including by \u201ctraining government hunters\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The film tells the story of a desperate university student applying for a shady part-time job that takes him deep into the woods, where he encounters a ravenous, man-eating bear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The producers said their gruesome portrayals of bear attacks were not gratuitous violence but a form of artistic expression \u201cinherent to a monster thriller\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Nonetheless, \u201cwe will be considerate towards our real-life situation, and make sure to create a screening environment where viewers can feel safe and fully immersed\u201d, they said in a statement. 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