Hachiko: A Dog's Story
This is a movie about a dog, a loyal dog
Plot
Hachi was found by a professor on a train station, where he took him home and finally keep em, despite his wife disapproval. But this is not the part where Hachi shows loyalty. At one point Hachi started to wait the professor at the front of the train station at the designated hour, every day, then go home together with the professor.
As the plot thickens, Hachi and the professor's relationship grew into a very strong bond, one which an Akita breed's trait. Hachi, doesn't want to play fetch with the professor, nor with any other person Hachi encounter. Later described by the professor's friend that Hachi one day will, and that is the moment where Hachi will be truly loyal with the professor. And one day Hachi did, just before the professor goes to work.
Unfortunate event then occur, the professor got a heart attack in the middle of his lecture and never made it home. Hachi still wait in the front of the train station, later picked up by the professor's daughter, and go home. The next day, Hachi waits for the professor at the very moment where he would arrive before. This goes everyday, for the next ten years. Hachi was taken care of by the hot dog seller and those who are around the train station, until one day, Hachi's eyes closed and then reunited with the professor, in heaven.
Cast
Richard Gere as Parker Wilson, the professor
Joan Allen as Cate Wilson, the professor's wife
Sarah Roemer as Andy Wilson, the professor's daughter
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Ken
Eric Avari as Jess
Jason Alexander as Carl
Davenia McFadden as Mary Anne
Kevin DeCoste as Ronnie
Tora Hallstrom as Heather
Robbie Sublett as Michael
The adult Hachiko is played by three Akitas named Chico, Layla and Forrest - each playing a different period in Hachiko's life
Comments
This film is a remake from a Japanese Movie, Hachiko Monogatari, havent seen it, but soon will.
But the story itself is a true story. It happened in 1924 to 1935, in Tokyo Japan, the station is Shibuya Station, and where Hachiko used to wait the professor has become a famous meeting place in Tokyo.
A bronze statue of Hachiko can be found here, while Hachiko's stuffed and mounted remains are kept in National Science Museum of Japan at Ueno.
Last Words
You must see this movie, it will make a grown man cry. The flow of this movie is slow, and it really sets the mood of how daily life is, while still gets the viewers' emotion. Also music of the movie is just perfect. A dog person will certainly loves this movie, a sad yet beautiful movie of a dog's loyalty.
I dare you to watch this movie and not shed a single tear ^^
[source: mainly from Wikipedia, here and here]
Plot
Hachi was found by a professor on a train station, where he took him home and finally keep em, despite his wife disapproval. But this is not the part where Hachi shows loyalty. At one point Hachi started to wait the professor at the front of the train station at the designated hour, every day, then go home together with the professor.
As the plot thickens, Hachi and the professor's relationship grew into a very strong bond, one which an Akita breed's trait. Hachi, doesn't want to play fetch with the professor, nor with any other person Hachi encounter. Later described by the professor's friend that Hachi one day will, and that is the moment where Hachi will be truly loyal with the professor. And one day Hachi did, just before the professor goes to work.
Unfortunate event then occur, the professor got a heart attack in the middle of his lecture and never made it home. Hachi still wait in the front of the train station, later picked up by the professor's daughter, and go home. The next day, Hachi waits for the professor at the very moment where he would arrive before. This goes everyday, for the next ten years. Hachi was taken care of by the hot dog seller and those who are around the train station, until one day, Hachi's eyes closed and then reunited with the professor, in heaven.
Cast
Richard Gere as Parker Wilson, the professor
Joan Allen as Cate Wilson, the professor's wife
Sarah Roemer as Andy Wilson, the professor's daughter
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Ken
Eric Avari as Jess
Jason Alexander as Carl
Davenia McFadden as Mary Anne
Kevin DeCoste as Ronnie
Tora Hallstrom as Heather
Robbie Sublett as Michael
The adult Hachiko is played by three Akitas named Chico, Layla and Forrest - each playing a different period in Hachiko's life
Comments
This film is a remake from a Japanese Movie, Hachiko Monogatari, havent seen it, but soon will.
But the story itself is a true story. It happened in 1924 to 1935, in Tokyo Japan, the station is Shibuya Station, and where Hachiko used to wait the professor has become a famous meeting place in Tokyo.
A bronze statue of Hachiko can be found here, while Hachiko's stuffed and mounted remains are kept in National Science Museum of Japan at Ueno.
And this is a picture of Hachiko, taken the moment when he waited for the professor
You must see this movie, it will make a grown man cry. The flow of this movie is slow, and it really sets the mood of how daily life is, while still gets the viewers' emotion. Also music of the movie is just perfect. A dog person will certainly loves this movie, a sad yet beautiful movie of a dog's loyalty.
I dare you to watch this movie and not shed a single tear ^^
[source: mainly from Wikipedia, here and here]
Comments