Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Genre: Drama / Family
Duration: 93 minuten
Alternative titles: Hachiko: A Dog's Story / Hachi: A Dog's Love Story / Hachi
Country:
United Kingdom / United States
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Stars: Richard Gere, Joan Allen and Sarah Roemer
IMDb score:
8,1 (340.558)
Releasedate: 8 June 2009
Hachi: A Dog's Tale plot
"A true story of faith, devotion and undying love."
Hachiko is a loyal dog who takes his master to the station every day and then waits for him again. But when his boss doesn't come back one day, Hachiko comes to the station at the same time for nine years to wait for his boss. During his wanderings at the station and through the surrounding area, he comes into contact with local residents and employees.
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Actors and actresses
Parker Wilson
Cate Wilson
Andy
Jasjeet
Michael
Mary Anne
Carl
Ronnie (11 years)
Teddy Barnes
Reviews & comments
IH88
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- 9761 messages
- 3190 votes
“I understand how you feel. Hachi, my friend, Parker is never coming home. But if Hachiko wants to wait, then Hachiko should wait. Have a long life Hachi.”
Hachi hits like a sledgehammer. I expected that, but you can't prepare yourself for this. And you don't really want that either, because sometimes it's just nice to get intensely emotional by a film. Weird really, all the recent human suffering doesn't bother me much anymore (probably smashed by all the bad news) but the story about a dog and its owner touches me deeply.
You fall in love with Hachiko from the very first scene, and the bond between Parker and Hachiko is touching to see. These kinds of films can quickly become too sentimental, but Hallstrom knows how to make it an intimate, sincere and certainly sentimental film. Gere is good and the Akitas deserve the dogs Oscar of course. The beautiful images and cinematography make it a very atmospheric whole and also a compliment for the atmospheric piano music, which adds to it all. Very American, but not bad this once. Really enjoyed.
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John Barry
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- 3410 messages
- 638 votes
Heartbreaking movie. This is a movie that really touched me.
Yes, I admit, actually the film is cheaply sentimental. You take a cute dog, a beautiful story with a tragic twist and you put sad music underneath. Success is almost guaranteed to move the viewers (at least the dog lovers). But the film's setup works and it never gets too sentimental. The dog is very cute and Richard Gere plays the owner in a very sympathetic way.
The film is loosely based on a true story, but if you think about it some plot twists are quite illogical. That in itself doesn't matter much. I see the film as a tragic fairy tale with a moral about fidelity, more than that (fortunately) does not seem to be pretended.
4.5*
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