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From Academy Award-nominated director Lasse Hallström (2000,
The
Cider House Rules) comes
Hachi: a Dog's Tale, a film based on
one of the most treasured and heartwarming true stories ever told.
Golden Globe winner Richard Gere (2002, Best Actor in a Musical or
Comedy,
Chicago) stars as Professor Parker Wilson, a
distinguished scholar who discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home
from work. Despite initial objections from Wilson’s wife, Cate (Academy
Award nominee Joan Allen – 2000, Best Actress,
The Contender),
Hachi endears himself into the Wilson family and grows to be Parker's
loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship
unfolds embodying the true spirit of family and loyalty, while inspiring
the hearts of an entire town.
- The bonds of memory
"Hachiko: A Dog's Tale" is directed by Lasse Hallstrom (The Cider
House Rules), and is based loosely on the real life story of a dog,
named Hachiko, who was born in Odate, Japan in 1923. His master, Dr.
Eisaburg Ueno, was a professor at the University of Tokyo who died in
1925. Hachiko returned to the Shibuya train station the next day, and
every day for the next nine years until he died in 1934. Today, outside
the Shibuya train station, where Hachiko waited, is a bronze statue of
Hachiko.
In this particular movie we have a similar story, only the dog is in
transport to the United States, where he escapes, and ends up in Parker
Wilson's (Richard Gere) possession. Parker eventually decides to keep
the dog since the owner cannot be found. Hachiko, or Hachi, as he is
usually called here, at one point breaks free of his yard, and follows
Parker to the train station. Eventually Hachi is allowed to accompany
Paker to the train station everyday. But at one point Parker never
returns to the train station, since he has died at the university.
The movie then becomes a tale of a loyalty that reaches far into the
bonds of memory. Hachiko never realizes that his master has died, and
even though he never sees his master again, he never forgets him. What
is Hachi's purpose now that his master has died? His purpose seems to be
to wait for his master who will never return. It is at once moving and
heartrending, as it is a tragedy of sorts, and one that is only resolved
once Hachiko also dies. This is a beautifully told tale that makes one
think about the things that are important for us to go on living, even
after those that we have loved have died.
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