Movie review: Hachiko "A Dog's Story"

This movie is very allusive. It exemplifies the factual drift of loyalty and soildarity. The movie is based on the true story of the devoted Japanese dog named Hachiko (which you can see a dog statue at Shibuya train station nowadays). Honestly, I was stunned. I never thought this would happen. I mean waiting for a very long time greatly reckons the essence of “bonding”. It’s kinda sad I tell you, this movie will make you cry as you watch this. Really, it is. Though at the end, it seems there is serenity.

Hachiko is a great dog. He was tended by Hidesaburo Ueno, a professor in a certain university in Tokyo. He didn’t keep himself busy with other things. During his owner life,Hachiko saw him off from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. Hachiko did it everytime ( I can already perceive their boond of friendship on that part).

2 years after, when Professor Ueno did not come back 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 (Hachiko) 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. Hachiko waited him for almost 9 years at the same place. On March 8, 1935, Hachiko died due to his heart was infected by filarial worms and yakitori sticks were found in his stomach. He was found on a street in Shibuya and his remain were kept at the museum in Tokyo.

Eventually, Hachiko's legendary faithfulness became a national symbol of loyalty.

I believe that dogs are really man’s best friend. Hachiko is one solid proof of that. Anyways, I suggest Hachiko, the movie, for dog lovers out there. And for those who are not, I still recommend it. It’s a really good movie. I cried at the film’s ending. 

Watch the trailer!