Hachiko Monogatari (1987)

Original title

ハチ公物語

Directed by

Seijirō Kōyama

Genre

drama film, family film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

0

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 190 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dog named Hachiko waits each day at a train station for his owner to come home. After the owner dies suddenly, the dog continues the daily ritual for years, watched by the local community.

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What happens

Hachikō Monogatari (Japanese: ハチ公物語, Hepburn: Hachikō Monogatari; The Story of Hachikō) is a 1987 Japanese drama film directed by Seijirō Kōyama and written by Kaneto Shindo. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mako Ishino and Masumi Harukawa, the film depicts the true story of Hachikō, a loyal Akita dog who continued to wait for his owner, Professor Hidesaburō Ueno, to return from work nine years following Ueno's death. It was the top Japanese film at the box office the year of its release and received the Yamaji Fumiko Film Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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