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Hachiko: A Dog's Story

Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Hachi poster.jpg
Japanese theatrical release poster
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Produced by Richard Gere
Bill Johnson
Vicki Shigekuni Wong
Screenplay by Stephen P. Lindsey
Based on Hachi-kō
by Kaneto Shindô
Starring Richard Gere
Joan Allen
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Sarah Roemer
Jason Alexander
Erick Avari
Music by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Cinematography Ron Fortunato
Edited by Kristina Boden
Production
company
Hachiko, LLC
Grand Army Entertainment, LLC
Opperman Viner Chrystyn Entertainment
Scion Films
Inferno Production
Distributed by Stage 6 Films
Release date
  • June 13, 2009 (2009-06-13) (Seattle)
Running time
93 minutes
Country United States
United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $16 million
Box office $46.7 million

Hachi: A Dog's Tale is a 2009 British-American drama film. Based on the true story of a faithful Akita Inu, the titular Hachikō, it is directed by Lasse Hallström, written by Stephen P. Lindsey, Kaneto Shindo and stars Richard Gere, Joan Allen and Sarah Roemer. The subject is a remake of the 1987 Japanese film, Hachikō Monogatari (ハチ公物語?), literally "The Tale of Hachiko".

Hachi: A Dog's Tale premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 13, 2009, and its first theatrical release was in Japan on August 8. Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to forgo a U.S. theatrical release. The film was given a UK theatrical release on March 12, 2010, courtesy of Entertainment Film Distributors, and opened in over 25 countries throughout 2009 and 2010. The film's foreign box office returns total $46.7 million as of January 2011.

Hachi is a story of love and devotion between a dog and a man. The story is told by Ronnie, the grandson of the man. He has to give an oral presentation about a personal hero. Ronnie's subject is his grandfather's dog, Hachikō. Despite his classmates laughing he tells how his grandfather, Professor Parker Wilson finds a lost puppy sent from Japan at the train station and ends up taking it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He names the Akita puppy Hachikō, after Ken, a Japanese professor, translates a symbol on his collar as 'Hachi'—Japanese for the number 8—signifying good fortune. Even though they didn't find his owner and his wife, Cate, doesn't think they should keep him, they do.


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