Hachiko The Movie:Review

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Hachiko: A Dog's Story (Hachi: A Dog's Tale) (2008) Directed By: Lasse Hallström Written By: Stephen Lindsey Based on the 1987 Japanese film Hachiko Monogatari, as well as on a true story, Hachi: A Dog's Tale stars Richard Gere as a college professor. The story began when the professor found an abandoned dog and took the poor lost animal in. Later, he called it Hachiko. The two as the man and animal soon formed a strong and unexplainable bond, until the master finally died, but Hachiko’s faithfulness had never changed until the end of its life. The soul from this movie is a value of faithfulness, which is shown by Hachiko. This movie was based on Japanese film, but it might be a little different, since the new story was made up by Hollywood’s people, unlike the old one, which was made up by Japanese people. Well, the differences might be a little disappointing for the fans of Hachiko Monogatari. Different settings, and different culture, from east to west, might be a minus from this version. But then, since this movie was made 22 years later than the original version, there’s no doubt that the scenes are much better than the old ones. Moreover, Richard Gere as the main character gives another one plus points to this movie, for his amazing acts. Realizing that animal was also involved in this movie, I think it must be quite hard to make a perfect scene with a dog. Nevertheless, Hachiko, which is one hour and thirty three minutes length, shows us the natural side of a dog, as if it was a real story, as if it was a documentary movie. Personally, I like this movie because it is different from other animal-related movies, which usually funny or even filled with violence and slapstick humors. Hachiko shows the precious faithfulness from a dog to his master. Nowadays, even human might not have that kind of strong faithfulness to the others. This kind of movie is

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