Hachiko

Let review a movie today. I personally hate a sad movie especially the one that can’t make me cry (Hindi movie usually, no offense). But if one movie can makes my tears drop without I unable to control it, I must say that movie are awesome. And one of that movie is Hachi: A Dog’s Tale.

Based on true story from japan, Hachiko is from akita inu breed dog who adopted by a college‘s professor. Every morning, Hachiko will walks with his master to a train station nearby, where his master will take a train to his college. After watching his master safely departs, he will return home and will come back again every evening waiting for his master return from work.

 Hachiko and his master at the train station in the movie.

Sadly, one day the professor has a heart attack at the college and died. Didn’t know about his master death, Hachiko still waiting for his master return at the train station for several hours until the professor’s son-in-law come and pick him.

What makes me touched is, Hachiko come back to the train station next day and keep waiting there patiently hoping that the professor will return and they can walk home together. And he keeps waiting for the professor for the next nine years before he died.

The real Hachiko was born in Odate in 1923. After the death of his owner Hidesaburo Ueno in 1925, Hachiko returned to the Shibuya train station the next day and every day after that for the next nine years.

The real Hachiko.

The real Hachiko died in 8^th March 1935. A bronze statue was built at the Shibuya train station as a dedication of his loyalty originally on April 1934, but been recycle for the war effort during World War II. The second statue was built on August 1948 and still stand until today.

 The Hachiko bronze statue.

p/s: I highly recommended this movie for you.

  The real Hachiko (stuffed) in the National Science Museum in Ueno.