HACHIKO: A DOG'S STORY is based on a 1987 Japanese movie, which in turn is based on a true story that took place in Tokyo in the 1920s: a professor found and adopted a dog, which was so faithful it always sat at the local train station, waiting for its master to come home from work. The dog kept on waiting even after the death of the professor, and when Hachiko the dog passed away, a bronze statue of him was erected at that train station.
In Hallström's movie, the dog's still Japanese; in the beginning of the film, he's sent from Japan to the States, but the tag with the address falls off and the little puppy is skipping around at an idyllic train station in an idyllic town. Music professor Richard Gere finds the dog and takes it home, ignoring his wife Joan Allen's protests. The dog is named Hachi and he's very clever and very faithful, and yes, everyday, he walks to the train station to await Richard Gere coming home.
In Hallström's movie, the dog's still Japanese; in the beginning of the film, he's sent from Japan to the States, but the tag with the address falls off and the little puppy is skipping around at an idyllic train station in an idyllic town. Music professor Richard Gere finds the dog and takes it home, ignoring his wife Joan Allen's protests. The dog is named Hachi and he's very clever and very faithful, and yes, everyday, he walks to the train station to await Richard Gere coming home.
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