While the dog is man's best friend, the story of Hachiko is perhaps the most emblematic and better suited to describe this ancestral relationship.
The real Hachiko was born in Japan in the 20s and became famous throughout the nation (and even outside the Empire) had waited for his master, who died at work due to a stroke, all day for ten years at the Shibuya station, in the vain hope of seeing him return. The dog, an Akita Inu, became a symbol of the bond of friendship and loyalty can be established between man and dog, so that at the time of his death (which occurred at the station waiting for the boss), Japan was involved a great emotion and to honor such a sincere friend, he decided to dedicate a bronze statue, located at the place where every day Hachiko would sit on hold, and the dog was buried beside the grave of his master.
Hachiko's story had a resonance that to be seen to dedicate a Japanese film of 1987, Hachiko Monogatari and be resumed in many other productions, just think of the episode Heart of the Dog Futurama or video games The World Ends With You . Just 87
the film was the basis on which it has developed the idea of \u200b\u200b Hachiko - Best Friend , film dated 2009 and directed by Sweden's Lasse Hallstrom.
The first major difference between the true story and the film from the director of Chocolat is that the setting is not the Japan of the '30s, but the Rhode Island in the late 90s. Moreover, in telling the life of the dog, the writers have taken large licenses, putting a family context far from the original (the only point in common, the fact that the owner of the AK was a college professor). Nevertheless, the core, centered on the deep feeling that bound human and animal remains intact and, just as in reality, there may not be moved before a similar story. Personally, I think that the dog is waited until the death of his master, despite the possibility of living peacefully with the rest of the family, I hit a lot, considering the fact that the Akita dogs are very special, rarely, if ever, become attached so visceral man.
The cast is composed almost entirely of players from the second floor, stands the name of Richard Gere, after the second collaboration with Hallstrom The Hoax, a film that has managed to revive the career of the actor. Despite the 'interpretation of Gere is not the absolute level (as well as that of the supporting actors, including Sarah Roemer is present, became famous with Disturbia ) and the director does not stand out for skill or originality, as always, when it comes to Hallstrom-if not for the idea of \u200b\u200bshowing some sequences with the eyes of the dog, and the rest of the production is approaching a level acceptable by the music, well suited to the tone of the film but overly didactic and photography, in line with the paucity of Hallstrom-directed the film can keep and soften, precisely because of the peculiarity of the subject, as banal as exceptional in the theory in practice.
could arise if any comparison between this film and other films dedicated to dog-human relationship, such as the splendid Antarctica or Marley & Me. In my opinion the comparison is wrong, because each of these films have a language and a way of approaching the issue differently. In his own way, each of these films worth seeing if you are dog lovers, but it is undeniable that the most trivial (at least from the standpoint of the script) is just Hachiko.
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