Higuma The Bear (2025) by Eisuke Naito
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A teenage victim of fraud becomes an illegal gig worker, kidnaps a young woman and then encounters the most bloodthirsty bear imaginable. What could possibly go wrong?
In this Bad Accent Video Review, we examine Eisuke Naito’s “HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear”, a wildly unpredictable Japanese monster movie combining social commentary, crime, family tragedy, practical creature effects, extreme gore and video game logic.
The review discusses Fuku Suzuki and Wan Marui’s performances, the mother and son relationship at the heart of the story, the movie’s commentary on illegal gig work, its point of view sequences, snowy cinematography, frantic editing and thoroughly grotesque killer bear.
“HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear” receives its North American premiere at the 2026 New York Asian Film Festival on July 19 at the Walter Reade Theater.
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