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: Hachiko: A Dog's Story


Ducdesmo
02-25-2010, 09:42 AM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028532/

Just saw this the other day, a very touching movie. This movie actually made me cry :cry:

A must watch to all animal lovers!

Fobman
02-25-2010, 11:29 AM
ill go rent it this weekend

Fobman
02-26-2010, 08:41 PM
rogers video doesnt have this movie :mad:

TOPEC
02-26-2010, 09:52 PM
pretty good movie, just be warned that its VERY, VERY touching.

Onassis
02-27-2010, 05:08 AM
It's based off a true Japanese story

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachiko

If any of you have been to Shibuya there's a statue dedicated to it.

Noir
02-27-2010, 10:34 AM
I'd love to watch this movie but I can't stand Richard Gere's work for anything more than 10 minutes.

Okami
02-27-2010, 09:00 PM
YouTube- All About My Dog - Marimo

this is sad too :cry:

Ch28
03-06-2010, 08:01 PM
I challenge anybody (esp dog owners) to watch this movie without crying

SkinnyPupp
03-06-2010, 08:12 PM
My wife was crying pretty much through the whole movie. I'm not much of a cryer, but it's definitely a touching story. A bit overly melodramatic and cheesy, but girls (and couples) will probably enjoy it :)

Hi_Im_Mike
03-14-2010, 01:00 AM
First off I would like to say thank you to itsallaboutgz for starting a thread that I would have made regardless. This is by far the saddest movie i've seen ever.
Maybe it's because i'm a huge dog fan and i've too lost my dogs...Yes more then 1 dog.
I came across this movie one day when I noticed there was a new dog movie out. I checked out the reviews on IMDB and it was rated 8/10...Pretty good ratings if you ask me!
After watching this movie...I couldn't believe how much I have cried. This movie was so touching that I couldn't explain in words what it meant to me.

Here's a little info about the dog that is so famous in Japan that they built a statue for him before he died...

Hachiko lived from November 10, 1923–March 8, 1935.
Hachiko was an Akita dog born on a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture.

In 1924, Hachiko was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. During his owner's life Hachiko saw him out from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925, when Professor Ueno did not return on the usual train one evening. The professor had suffered a stroke at the university that day. He died and never returned to the train station where his friend was waiting.

Hachiko was given away after his master's death, but he routinely escaped, showing up again and again at his old home. Eventually, Hachiko apparently realized that Professor Ueno no longer lived at the house. So he went to look for his master at the train station where he had accompanied him so many times before. Each day, Hachiko waited for Professor Ueno to return. And each day he did not see his friend among the commuters at the station.

The permanent fixture at the train station that was Hachiko attracted the attention of other commuters. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachiko and Professor Ueno together each day. They brought Hachiko treats and food to nourish him during his wait.

This continued for 10 years, with Hachiko appearing only in the evening time, precisely when the train was due at the station.

Hachiko died on a street in Shibuya on March 8, 1935. His stuffed and mounted remains are kept at the National Science Museum of Japan in Ueno, Tokyo.

In 1987 they made a japanese film about him and now in 2009 the hollywood version was made.

Also back in 2002 if you guys remember the one episode of futurama "Season 4 Episode 7: Jurassic Bark" A flashback shows that Fry's pet dog Seymour faithfully obeyed Fry's last command, to wait for him in front of Panucci's Pizza until he came back from his delivery run on December 31, 1999. While Fry is trapped and frozen in the cryogenic lab, Seymour stays there as the years pass and he, the pizzeria, and Mr. Panucci begin to show their age; in the final shot, Seymour lies down and closes his eyes and dies..

This was how the real Hachiko looked like:

http://davidinjapan.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/hachiko.jpg
http://www.loneleeplanet.com/blogs/loneleeplanet/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hachiko_01.jpg
http://www.shiroshita.dog.sk/image/hachiko.jpg


And here is the famous statue outside of the Shibuya Station in Japan

http://davidinjapan.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/800px-hachiko200505-2.jpg

They also had him stuffed and on display for everyone to see...

http://davidinjapan.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/576px-hachiko-hakusei.jpg
http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/canine_1.jpg

W2K
03-14-2010, 02:01 PM
Saw this on the flight back from asia last week. Definitely a sad movie for animal lovers!
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Fobman
03-15-2010, 12:17 PM
where did u guys rent this movie?

TOPEC
03-15-2010, 01:08 PM
i found mine from demonoid i think.

Razor Ramon HG
03-15-2010, 05:32 PM
Reminds me of this

YouTube- Futurama: Jurassic Bark Ending

StylinRed
03-15-2010, 06:50 PM
this was the story that makes me want to get an Akita


there's a japanese movie of the same story that was great too, the american version i imagine should be good as well.. its on blu-ray for dl if any of you are interested :)

DragonChi
03-20-2010, 10:25 PM
mac os+netscape...lol!

Porschedog
03-20-2010, 10:58 PM
Omgoshh this movie was sooooo saddd

boss604
03-21-2010, 12:06 AM
goood movie, very touching.

LsquareD
03-21-2010, 12:50 AM
Watched this with the gf a few weeks ago. I had to try really hard to hold back my tears hahaha. Great movie, yet Very touching. Highly recommended to people that haven't watched it yet ;)
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Slifer
03-21-2010, 10:31 AM
10/10
Everyone should watch this movie..

wouwou
03-21-2010, 05:22 PM
It's just a dumb animal that didn't know better.....

I have no idea why my eyes were watery during the 2nd half of the movie though, must be the allergy.

dinamix
02-15-2011, 02:27 AM
Saw this the other day .. Bump for a great movie
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winson604
02-16-2011, 09:43 AM
I challenge anybody (esp dog owners) to watch this movie without crying

I took the challenge last year and I failed lol

valent|n0
02-16-2011, 10:06 AM
in the topic of dog and movie
this one is really good too I heard

Quill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quill_%28film%29

www.imdb.com/title/tt0400761

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjY4ODk3NDg=.html

Hi_Im_Mike
02-17-2011, 01:16 AM
^Any chance you have a dl link? PM please =D

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02-17-2011, 10:51 AM
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MG1
02-17-2011, 12:00 PM
I challenge anybody (esp dog owners) to watch this movie without crying

Saw it. Didn't do anything for me.

No nudity or hot chicks. LOL

Indeed it is a sad movie. Even for people who don't like pets. But I didn't cry. Real men don't cry until they drop a full bottle of Crown Royal.

I agree with previous poster. Richard Ge\ere for over 5 minutes is way too much to take.