Tuesday, August 3, 2010

REVIEW: HACHIKO



The movie of Hachiko – A Dog’s Story is the great movie that family should watch together. It tells about a loyalty of a dog ‘Hachi’ for its owner Richard Gere. The real dog and its owner were actually lived in Japan, but the films adopt the American re-telling story using the character and set of America. But it’s not important, the important thing is the moral that we can get from the film. The love and loyalty of the dogs to its owner can touched the conscience of people who watch this film.
This is a sad a story about a dog and its owner. The story begin when Richard Gere who finds a lost puppy in the train station. The real owner of the dog was unknown, so Gere was keeping the dog and named ‘Hachi’ according to the Akita dogs breed, that told by his friend Japanese professor. The bond between the owner and the dogs is increasing day by day. Hachi always wait for his owner every time the owner comes back from the work at the station.
Until one day, the owner didn’t come back from his work because of his sick and he finally died in hospital. Hachi didn’t know if his master already gone and he still keep waiting in front of the station at usual with full loyalty. Day by day past after the master gone, but Hachi is still waiting for his master to come back in front of the station. Until finally, Hachi dies in front of the train station but its still waiting for his master.
The film is overall very touching and sad ending story. I suggested to watch this movie because the moral inside the movie itself. I think that even though it’s just a dog, its can show a full loyalty to its master.