Hachi - A Dog's Tale

Have a box of tissues 😢 great movie

OK, firstly, it has to be said that this film will not test you with its complexity and fancy narrative, nor does it boast special effects in abundance............ Unless you know Akitas, in which case you could look at getting one to return a ball as a pretty special effect! Nope, this film just tells a very simple story, but it is told very much from the heart. I'm 45, 6ft plus and cry at very little....... This film, somehow, gets right into you and gives you a gift. That gift is the visualisation of love, unequivocal and forever lasting. Although this film is set in the States, the backbone of the story is very true. I have had Akitas for some years, and know the story of Hachiko very well, having read the Japanese biography of this amazing dog well before this film was realised. I won't go into the storyline of this film at all, but I will say that all parts were very well cast, and the dogs that played Hachi were amazing. True, as with some negative reviewers claims, this film is, as stated earlier, simple. BUT, it is beautiful on every level. Watched it many times now, as has my partner and my daughter, and we all end up in tears, but that is WHY this film exists........ At the end of the film we all hug our dogs, one of whom is an Akita, and thank God for the bond we have with them, and the love and enjoyment they give us. 10 out of 10 just for reminding us of the simple things in life that really matter. Oh, and for those that can't see this film for what it is............ Seriously, open up guys! Over and out!

This is a beautiful family film that is based on a true story and will have you in tears by the end of the film. Loved this film.

Our Akita watched this movie with us on the sofa with us, and greatly enjoyed it. Moving the location to the US and using Richard Gere is so Hollywood, I'd have preferred an English dubbed version set in Japan for authenticity. Akita's are very unique and loyal and a source of delight to their owners, IF PROPERLY SOCIALISED, TRAINED AND CONTROLLED. They are not an easy dog for inexperienced owners and a real handful if you don't know what you are doing. Please do not get an Akita without researching the breed, or you are being daft. They are huge, need a lot of time and the right accomodation and can be very dominant to other dogs. The film didn't show Richard Gere being dragged across the street as his Akita tried to get to the other side and sit on the yappy little dog winding it up. The dogs used in the film were highly trained, docile, and created a rather rosy biased view of Akitas. They can be unpredictable with other dogs, dig huge holes in the garden, shed fluff all over the place, and cost a great deal to look after properly. That said, the two Akitas I've had have enriched my life beyond description. My Ruby is a registered therapy dog who I take into old folks homes to cheer them up. Properly trained Akitas are wonderful, bad and irresponsible owners have given the breed a mixed reputation.

Great film,, very sad beautiful story,, recommended but I love Richard gere

Speedy delivery. Heart wrenching film.

Hadn’t watched this film all the way through before. Really good and I love Richard Gere

Best ever film .

Excelente película si te gusta el género y buen servicio de entrega.

Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009) is a true dog story. No, no — not a bad movie, it’s a great movie, a truly great movie. Truly, and true to the real-life story of a Japanese Hachi-Ko who lived in an earlier century. Truly a dog story, because it is all about a dog, not just about the people who lived with the dog, as most “dog stories” are. If you love dogs, the images of Hachi are irresistible. And a truly great movie, for many reasons. The imagery is simply gorgeous. The acting superb, all around. The musical score hauntingly unforgettable. The screenplay well paced, avoiding over-sentimentality in a story that has to bring tears to the eyes of any red-blooded person. It is a movie that works on many levels. For its purely sentimental plot about a dog who never gave up loving his master, it conveys the story effectively such that any child can enjoy. (And the plot is framed by the telling of the young boy who has grown up hearing the story, and now is telling it to his classmates at school.) This is where its charm as a true dog story is unparalleled. On another level, it is a re-make of the Japanese film (1987) entitled Hachiko Monogatari, which is based more literally upon the life of the original Hachi-Ko. The Japanese film interprets his life story as a morality tale, in sombre tones of reproach for all the failures of human actors who fail Hachi in some way. The American re-make inverts the dark tone, translating it into a kinder, gentler tale. Love abounds in the life of this dog. Half of the film depicts the joyous companionship of the music professor and his dog. The professor and his wife enjoy a happy, loving marriage, and secondary characters are also portrayed in warm tones. An interesting technique is to visualize Hachi’s perspective towards humans in nearly colorless images, whereas the human perspective contrasts in full color. We see Hachi lying in his back yard while the professor’s wife tends to her garden. Hachi watches her. He rolls over onto his side, seeing her image with gravity on one side. Then rolls onto his back, seeing her completely upside down. Is this just to drive home the issue of contrasting viewpoints as it relates to the morality of this tale? Or is it also to reveal how an uncritical mind accepts reality, as Hachi sees it, and not just as a human mind expects to see it? There is a critical scene at the center of the movie, where a Japanese guru-figure reads briefly at the graveside, speaking of a philosophy of unconditional love and unconditional acceptance. I cannot help but see the morality of this film in the context of this scene, which is probably too fleeting (my only criticism of the film). Hachi accepts unconditionally what his master can give to him, limited as it has to be; he sees life just as it is. But Hachi loves totally and gives himself without limitation. The professor too accepts Hachi’s unwillingness to play fetch, no matter how much he wishes for his dog to make him happy in this token way — until the final day, when Hachi seems to have forewarning of his master’s death, and he begs him to stay home and cavorts with him, fetching ball for the first and only time. When the professor falls in an apparent heart attack, he drops that ball he has been holding. At this deeper level, in my understanding of the story, there is again the failing of secondary human characters to fully engage Hachi, in the unconditional terms portrayed in the relationship of Hachi and his master. After her father’s death, the professor’s daughter sincerely offers Hachi a home, but she cannot fulfill her commitment completely. Her family has to come first. At least she has the understanding to give Hachi her permission to leave, to live on the streets, free to live out his own imperative. And so do others, allowing Hachi to do what he has to do. The shift of seasons through the years, the flow of life, passes gently. Only the hotdog stand owner comes close to standing by his promise to look after the dog as Hachi pursues his lonely life, waiting. So Hachi waits, for 10 years, and only in his final moments of transcendental imagination experiences his reunion with the man whom he has always loved and will always love. It is easy for me to transpose Hachi’s morality tale to my own life. I have never lived with a dog, but with many cats. The meaning is the same. Animals are capable of an unconditional love which humans find difficult to emulate. We can only go so far in devoting our lives to them, as they devote themselves to us. It is with that knowledge, and that ultimate regret, that I will leave the rest unspoken.

i thought I was getting this movie in English and its not......I guess I ordered the wrong one....

Awesome movie have a box of tissues you will cry in the end.

Hachiko. Film stupendo. Ma che dico, meraviglioso, toccante, indimenticabile. Chi ama gli animali e in particolar modo i cani non puo' restare impassibile davanti a questa storia. Sceneggiato alla perfezione e recitato perfettamente da Richard Gere e Joan Allen. Un film che è un colpo al cuore. Com'è noto, la storia è basata su fatti realmente accaduti ma ciò che il regista e l'intero cast sono riusciti a fare al meglio è trasmettere le emozioni non solo dei personaggi umani ma anche dei protagonisti a quattro zampe, si perché Haci lo vediamo cucciolo, poi adolescente e anziano. Ho pianto come un bambino durante la lunga straziante sequenza finale. Haci che si addormenta e rivede il suo amato padrone. Pochi film riescono ad emozionarmi così tanto. Potessi darei 10 stelle. Grande plauso va anche alla colonna sonora, una musica bellissima e struggente che tocca l'anima di chi ama la natura e gli animali tutti. Il messaggio potente che questo film ci lascia è che l'amore tra un cane e il proprio padrone può essere indissolubile e superare perfino i confini dell'esistenza terrena. Ed io ci credo, credo che nell'aldilà potremo ritrovare in Dio anche le creature che ci hanno fatto compagnia in questa vita. Qualità video e audio eccellenti. Spedizione velocissima.