Great white shark all shark species, the great white shark is responsible for by far the largest number of recorded shark bite incidents on humans, with 272 documented unprovoked bite incidents on humans as of 2012. More than any documented bite incident, Peter Benchley's best-selling novel "Jaws" and the subsequent 1975 film adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg provided the great white shark with the image of being a "man eater" in the public mind. While great white sharks have killed humans in at least 74 documented unprovoked bite incidents, they typically do not target them: for example, in the Mediterranean Sea there have
Jaws in Japan no nudity and no sex between characters are shown; however, bloody violence occurs in brief scenes. The title's reference to the original "Jaws" film attracted legal attention, with the creators of the Japanese movie having failed to obtain any sort of permission to use that name. Despite the introduction of the "Psycho Shark" title later on, the original name appears to have gained some traction in popular culture and has stuck. The exploitative nature of the movie attracted condemnation from a variety of publications, such as an article in "Vanity Fair" labeling the "rip-off" film worth being "forgotten". Jaws in