Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi

If you enjoyed The Ghost And The Darkness starring Val Kilmer & Michael Douglas, you'll probably enjoy this movie though nowhere as well made IMO. After seeing a story about the true story out on Youtube I was happy to find this movie listed out there as well. I hope after watching it that someone remakes it using today's special effects because the true story is such an amazing tale. As for the movie "Yellow Fangs," IMO it was well done for a 1990 release with a cast of good actors. For me the weakest part in this movie is the musical score throughout that seems all over the place. A couple times the music actually fits what you might think you'd hear in the background of a Japanese period drama/adventure/horror, but more often it sounds like really bad disco or techno music, sometimes like a video game and once I thought a Kenny G song was starting. The soundtrack reminded me of one of my favorite fantasy movies "Ladyhawke" which also has one of the worst soundtracks in movie history IMO. As for the man in a bear costume, it only shows up a few times throughout, but the director does use film of a real bear as much as he can and did a good job it it too. I also think the director did a good job using some "gore" effects with the brief shots of the costumed bear that made it better; however, the end scenes show the man in bear costume in longer shots so yeah, those few shots are not great, but it still didn't ruin the movie for me (or my friend watching it with me) because the story was so good and the actors believable which is why I've given this movie 7 out of 10 stars.