Member review

This film is based on a true story where a professor adopted this lonely Japanese dog,who was abandoned at the train station,and since that moment a special bond created between them. Professor Parker gives the dog a name ‘Hachi’ which means good fortune in Japanese (he was a Japanese breed).During their time together, the professor takes a train ride every working day and be greeted by Hachi, who never failed to come on time. They continue this series of steps until sadly the professor suffers and passes away, never returning to his companion who keeps waiting. Each morning for 9 years Hachi waits but what happens to him next...?

For me this wasn’t the best film I ever saw but nonetheless it was still enjoyable. At times I found it sad watching the dog waiting, longing for the professor to come back and grasp him into a tight and warm embrace. A few drops of tears ran down my face at one point, they for me were the most touching parts. Some parts of the dialogue between characters was hard to understand because the actor had an accent but by watching I figured what they said. The music was just as sad as the plot and at times it made me feel emotional. In my opinion, the jump between age difference at the start of the film was quite big for the dog. As I said, Hachi was a rare breed of dog and didn’t fetch a ball or sit down like other dogs in training. He would only do it on a special occasion when he senses illness, disease or danger. That time came in the morning of the day when professor Parker was going to die. Hachi tried to prevent his owner to stay at home. But he got annoyed and went of.

I think you should always respect your dog and not get annoyed when they try to keep you in because they sense danger. I heard that dogs can take diseases of humans once they sense it so that the human doesn’t suffer. I would recommend this film to people who love emotional films and people who have seen ‘a dogs purpose’ and just pure animal lovers (especially dogs!). So switch your TV on, grab some snacks, call the family and just enjoy!

P.S. be sure you have tissues or a pillow to hug or cry in ;p