HACHIKO – Hachik? (???)
My mom told me about this movie she watched recently, a DVD that her friend borrowed her, very touching and best of all is a real life story of a dog, being so loyal to the master. The dog’s breed is from Japan, which is the Japanese Akita. I saw a Puppy Japanese Akita once in real life this breed which looks abit like a cat/lion when it grows bigger. I would give this movie a 8.1 / 10; the plus point is that is a True Story and secondly is how they get the dog to act so closely with Richard Gere, from a puppy, adult and senior dog.
Hachiko
The name of the dog “Hachi” meaning “eight” , the number referring to the position of the dog within the nest. It is a true story, base on a dog’s loyalty to his owner where he waited patiently and willingly without fail, daily same time, same place until the day he dies! How loyal is that? I don’t think even human can do that, and an animal who is so devoted to his owner with his responsibilities to see his owner to work and back from work daily was his best happiest moment. Hachiko who was born in on November 10th 1923 - and died on March 8th 1935. That up till today, there is a monument built in the name of Hachiko in front of the Shibuya Train station of Tokyo Japan. Apparently until today, there is an annual ceremony on the 8th March, dog lovers and owners will bring their dog as a time of devotion and honor as a remembrance at Tokyo’s Shibuya station. Even the station entrance near this statue is named ” “Hachik?-guchi”, meaning “The Hachik? Exit”, and is one of Shibuya Station’s five exits.
Bronze Statue of Hachiko
A trailer of this movie can be found in youtube, if you’ve got no time to watch it, when it was a puppy it was really cute!
