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Hachi: A Dog's Tale

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This story is about a loyal dog that believes in love by his master and gave love even when his master died.

This is based on the amazing TRUE STORY of HACHI.
Have you ever thought about how much your dog loves you?? Well what if something happened to you, and you didnt come home?
This is such a heart-felt story that even if you've seen it before tears well up no matter what.
I dont want to give the story away, as I could never have imagined what this dog was about to go through after waiting for his owner at the train station to come home from his job, not knowing he was never coming home again.
BUY/RENT/WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!! It is truely a story like no other!

A great touching movie based on a true story worth viewing for the whole family! Being a fan of Richard Gere, I thought I would give it a try and I'm certainly glad I did. This is most definitely a movie worth purchasing. Talented cast with an impressive storyline that can't leave you indifferent. A must see!

This movie will bring tears to your eyes as well as a sense of the beauty of the human-dog relationship. It is a must see that will leave a lasting positive impression.

Video: Sony's treatment on this blu ray disc is excellent, with 1.85:1 widescreen. The picture was clean, free of debris, and boasts excellent flesh tones. The details are there with the every different colour of fur on Hachi. (4/5)

Audio: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek's music, especially the piano solo, is simply beautiful, and blends in with the movie. It never intrudes into the picture. Dialogue was clear. (4.5/5)

But the real stars of this movie are firstly, the story itself, and how well director Lasse Hallstrom's tender touch brought it to the screen, and also the Akita dog Hachi, played by three different animals, named Chico, Layla and Forrest. Richard Gere was fantastic in this movie. He bonded really well with the dog and it never felt like watching an actor at all. It genuinely seemed to be a movie with his own dog.

This is a remake of an old 1987 Japanese film "Hachiko Monogatari", based on a true story. In 1932, a dog won the hearts of the people of Japan after a newspaper article described his loyalty to his owner. Every afternoon, Hachiko would wait at the train station for Dr. Ueno. After the man died suddenly in 1925, the animal returned to the station every day to wait for him, until his own death in 1935. A bronze statue was placed at Shibuya Station to honor this extraordinary canine, and a festival is held there every April.

During the movie, it was made very clear that Hachi did not play "fetch". But one morning when Gere wanted to walk to the train station to go to work, Hachi somehow felt something omnimous that was going to happen to his master, and did not want Gere to go. Then, Hachi would bring the ball to the train station and caught Gere before he boarded the train. And Hachi asked Gere to play "fetch" with him for the first and last time. In Hachi's mind, he was going out of his way to please his master and may be sensing he might not return...and Gere would never return after suffering a heart attack during his class. Tears will start to swell in one's eyes. And when Hachi kept returning to wait for his master for the next 9 years until his death, tears will be continuously flooding from the eyes.

The tears will be uncontrollable when just before Hachi's death, he would see his "dead" master again walking out of the train station to welcome him and they would embrace, and they strolled away together in the dark of night to the stairways to heaven...

Hachi is a film without explosions, computer graphics, and violence. The story is just so touching that you simply forget that you are watching a film. If you are an animal-lover or owner, this movie is a must-own. And make sure you have lots of tissue papers around because you will need them. Highly recommended (movie 5/5)

Hello this was absolutely wonderful movie.... that's why we have ordered it... our son owns a little puppy too whom we dogsitting and we understand the bond between people and animals they are also living things with needs for love and food and companionship..... they make you laughts and this dog Hachi is very special kind and we are glad we have the movie for our lives... We just borrow it to our friend who has a cancer...and this will cheer her up as she loves dogs....

thank you for letting us about wonderful movies you have on stock.... sincerely George and Marcelle

great movie, not only for kids. Based on a true story about a dogs devotion to its owner. A tear jerker.

This is a fabulous movie and actually based on a true story. Only requirement for watching it is "must love dogs". It is an incredible story of loyalty and the unbelievable love a dog has for his master. It is a tear jerker but a very very heartwarming story and such a lovely movie to find in all the violent types of movies out there. I loved it and would recommend it highly.

This endearing movie is beyond a tearjerker!!! I cried and cried during this movie. Never have I been so moved by this true story of this beautiful loyal dog.
If you love movies about dogs, buy this movie!

"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.