Hachiko Monogatari (1987)
A puppy was born in Akita Prefecture and sent as a gift to Professor Ueno of Tokyo University. Although professor's wife does not want keep the dog. Professor Ueno loves the puppy so much and names it Hachi. Professor goes to work by railways everyday. Hachi walks to Shibuya Station with Professor each morning and greets him in the evening, no matter what the weather is. One day, Professor Ueno has a read more stroke and passed away. His family sold the house and moved to another city, but Hachi keeps visiting the house and waiting at the Shibuya station, believing his master. Based on a true story of Hidesaburo Ueno and his Akita breed dog "Hachiko."
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Chuken Hachiko; Faithful Dog Hachiko; The Tale of Hachiko; Hachi-ko
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7 people found this review helpful
- Overall 9.0
- Story 9.5
- Acting/Cast 9.0
- Music 7.0
- Rewatch Value 8.0
I figure that it may have taken a lot of takes to get the dogs to react the way they guided them to. Whoever held this responsibility truly had an eye for dog capability and behaviour because the end product is so amazing and captivating of their emotions that as a viewer you left feeling human emotions towards Hachi.
LIKED: I greatly enjoyed the scenes that involved Hachi and the professor, even those at his funeral.
DISLIKED: I would have liked if Hachi’s story was portrayed exactly as want had happened to the real dog because after doing my own research of how Hachi really lived. The untold parts would have made this movie even more outstanding
CONCLUSION:
If you are looking for a good family or HEARTWARMING movie Hocahiko Monogatari will not disappoint unless you are not a dog fan. You should also watch this movie if you enjoy genres such as TRUE STORIES - ADMIRATION – FAMILY – LOYALTY – LEGEND – TRAGEDY – FAITHFULNESS – DOGS – MAN’S BESTFRIEND – AKITA DOG BREED – MELODRAMA – SADNESS – FAITHFULNESS – LOVE – GREAT ACTING DIRECTION.
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11 people found this review helpful
- Overall 9.0
- Story 9.0
- Acting/Cast 8.0
- Music 9.0
- Rewatch Value 9.0
Its so hard for me to review this movie, because you just need to watch this to understand. This is a real tearjerker and many more emotions you'll feel.
I really felt tired when I watched this movie because so many emotions where involved!
The actors & afcourse the read more dog were great, the story is amazing and is makes it more special because it really happened. The music made some scenes even more sad.
Def. rewatch and you'll have to see it to understand my review :)!
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I haven't seen the movie yet, but OMG NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE! When I was in Tokyo, my friend insisted we take a picture in front of this dog statue and kept trying to explain the relevance to me. But I didn't get it because she wasn't fluent in English and I wasn't fluent in her native language. Just reading the plot made me understand the importance of that dog statue!
Cute story
Will definitely give the movie a watch. D
O. Wow. Just wow. Any animal lover should watch this.
It runs just like the only episode of a TV show I could never bear to re-watch: Futurama's Jurassic Bark.
What makes this even more emotional is that it was totally real.