![]() ![]() Gere plays Parker Wilson, a music professor who stumbles upon the lost puppy while disembarking from a train at his quaint little town of Bedridge. There’s an iconic statue of Hachiko at the station, and a Japanese film version came out in 1987, but the story remains largely unknown in the States.ĭirector Lasse Hallström teams up again with Richard Gere to tell an affecting Americanized version that retains many of the Japanese notes about loyalty and love between man and canine. ![]() “Hachi” is based on a true story that is very famous in Japan of an Akita dog that waited every day at the train station for its master - even years after the man had passed away. You might resent being emotionally manipulated by this film, but I challenge even the most hard-hearted moviegoer not to spill some saltwater while watching it. “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” is unapologetically a tear-jerker.
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