Have you watch this movie? This movie was released in 2009 and I never thought that I'm watching it in 2013. Well, this movie was in my lappy for some time but I didn't watch it. And I'm watching it today because sensei in my Japanese Class just told me about the story. And guess what? I'm crying over this story. It has been so long since my last 'crying' over a movie. Huhu..This film is about a college professor and the abandoned dog he takes into his home. It was based on true story of a faithful Akita Inu, the titular Hachiko.
Synopsis
An Akita puppy is sent from Japan to the United States, but his cage falls off the baggage cart at an American train station, where he found by college professor Parker Wilson. Parker is instantly captivated by the dog and takes the puppy home overnight.
The next day, Parkers expects that someone will have contacted the train station, but no one has. A few years later, Hachi and Parker are as close as ever. Every morning Parker and Hachi walks to the train station, where he leaves on the train to go to his work as a professor. Hachi leaves after Parker's safe departure, but comes back in the afternoon to see Parker arrive and walk with him home again. This continues for some time, Hachi doing this everyday, until one afternoon Parker attempts to leave, but Hachi barks and refuses to go with him. Parker eventually leaves without him, but Hachi chases him. Worried that he will be late for the college, Professor Parker leaves on the train despite Hachi barking at him. At work that day, Parker suddenly suffers a fatal heart attack and dies.
At the train station, Hachi waits patiently as the train arrives, but there is no sign of Parker. He remains, lying in the snow, for several hours, until Parker's son-in-law comes to pick him up. The next day, Hachi returns to the station and waits, remaining all day and all night. As time passes, Cate (Parker's wife) sells the house and Hachi is sent to live with her daughter. However, he escapes and eventually finds his way back to his old house and then to the train station, where he sits at his usual pot.
For the next nine years, Hachi waits for Parker. Hachi went to the train station late at night and closes his eyes for the last time while remembering his time with Parker.
The real Hachiko was born in Odate in 1923. After the death of his owner, Hidesaburo Ueno, in 1925, Hachiko returned to the Shibuya train station the next day and every day after that for the next nine years. The real Hachiko died in 1934. There his statue in the Shibuya train station.
p/s : I do not own the pictures. Hachiko Hachi : A Dog's Tale
