Directed by Russ Holstrom
Written by Stephen P. Lindsey/Kanto Shindo
Starring: Richard Gere/Sarah Roemer/Joan Allen/Robbie Sublette/Eric Avali
Genre: Drama
Production country: USA/UK
Language: English/Japanese
Release Date: 2009-06-13(Seattle Film Festival) / 2010-03-12(UK)
Running time: 93 minutes
The plot introduction of the story of Hachiko
Hachiko (Forest) is an enigmatic dog because no one knows where he came from. Professor Parker (Richard Gere is acted the role of) picked up a lost dog at the train station in the town, and it seems that the dog and Professor Parker have a certain fate, Parker picked up the dog and could not put down, and finally, Parker’s love for the dog Hachiko influences his wife Carter (Joan Allen), who is strongly opposed to having a dog at first. Hachi grew up slowly under the care of Parker, when Parker went to work, Hachi would always send him to the station, and when he got off work, Hachi would climb at the station early and wait, Hachi’s loyalty made the town’s people love it more. One day, eight gong in Parker to go to work abnormal performance, actually played the past never pick up the ball game, eight gong performance let Parker is very satisfied, but that day, Parker died because of illness. Parker’s wife, daughter Andy (Sarah Roemer is played the role of) and son-in-law Michael (Robbie Sublett is played the role of) buried Parker with a very sad mood, but the unknown Hachi is still waiting at the gate of the station at 5 o ‘clock every evening, waiting for the master to return…
Based on a true story that took place in Japan in the 1930s, the film made 4 billion yen at the box office in Japan in 1987.