The incident became known to the public by a novel, "Death march on Mount Hakkoda" written by Jiro NITTA and a movie which was based on that novel "Hakkoda-san Mountain."
事件は新田次郎により『八甲田山死の彷徨』としてに小説化され、さらにこの小説を原作としたの映画『八甲田山(映画)』で一般に広く知られることになった。