Additional information for Hachi: A Dog's Tale, which has a domestic theatrical release set for March 9, 2010. The film is being distributed by Inferno Distribution and has not yet been rated. Hachi: A Dog's Tale has a total running time of 93 minutes.
G
USA
AL
Netherlands
I
Hong Kong
Livre
Brazil
PG
Singapore
All
South Korea
Btl
Sweden
G
Australia
G
Ireland
K-3
Finland
U
UK
A
Mexico
Atp
Argentina
M/12
Portugal
U
Malaysia
93min
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
International
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
UK
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
USA
Siempre a tu lado
Peru
Siempre a tu lado
Spain
Хатико: самый верный друг
Russia
Hachi
Netherlands
Hachi yakusoku no inu
Japan
Hachiko - Amigo para Sempre
Portugal
Hachiko - Eine wunderbare Freundschaft
Germany
Hachiko - En vän för livet
Sweden
Hachiko - Il tuo migliore amico
Italy
Hachiko - Tarina uskollisuudesta
Finland
Hachiko - en ven for livet
Denmark
Hachiko: I istoria enos skylou
Greece
Hacsi, a leghűségesebb barát
Hungary
Hatchi
France
Mój przyjaciel Hachiko
Poland
Sempre ao Seu Lado
Brazil
Siempre a su lado
Argentina
Siempre a tu lado. Hachiko
Spain
June 13, 2009
USA
July 08, 2009
Japan
August 08, 2009
Japan
September 25, 2009
Brazil
October 15, 2009
USA
October 16, 2009
Italy
October 22, 2009
Russia
October 24, 2009
Brazil
November 06, 2009
Spain
November 12, 2009
Armenia
November 12, 2009
Germany
November 20, 2009
Austria
December 17, 2009
Netherlands
December 23, 2009
Belgium
December 25, 2009
Brazil
December 30, 2009
Italy
January 07, 2010
Hong Kong
January 08, 2010
Taiwan
January 21, 2010
Singapore
January 22, 2010
Sweden
February 18, 2010
Israel
February 18, 2010
South Korea
March 09, 2010
USA
March 12, 2010
Ireland
March 12, 2010
UK
March 16, 2010
Indonesia
April 02, 2010
Finland
April 09, 2010
Mexico
May 04, 2010
Hungary
May 18, 2010
Argentina
May 20, 2010
Argentina
June 04, 2010
Aruba
June 09, 2010
France
June 25, 2010
Panama
July 13, 2010
Denmark
September 30, 2010
Portugal
October 21, 2010
Malaysia
November 11, 2010
Peru
August 04, 2011
Kuwait
A true story of faith, devotion and undying love.
Based on a true story from Japan, Hachiko Monogatari (literally The Tale of Hachiko) is a moving film about loyalty and the rare, invincible bonds that occasionally form almost instantaneously in the most unlikely places.In the modern day, a class full of young students is giving oral presentations about personal heroes. A boy named Ronnie (Kevin DeCoste) stands up and begins to tell of 'Hachiko', his grandfather's dog. Years before, an Akita puppy is sent from Japan to the United States, but his cage falls off the baggage cart at an American train station, where he is found by college professor Parker Wilson (Richard Gere). Parker is instantly captivated by the dog. When Carl (Jason Alexander), the station controller, refuses to take him, Parker takes the puppy home overnight. His wife Cate (Joan Allen) is insistent about not keeping the puppy.The next day Parker expects that someone will have contacted the train station, but no one has. He sneaks the pup onto the train and takes him to work, where a Japanese college professor, Ken (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), translates the symbol on the pup's collar as 'Hachi', Japanese for 'good fortune', and the number 8. Parker decides to call the dog 'Hachi'. Ken points out that perhaps the two are meant to be together. Parker attempts to play fetch with Hachi, but he refuses to join in. Meanwhile Cate receives a call about someone wanting to adopt Hachi. After seeing how close her husband has come to Hachi, however, Cate tells the caller that Hachi has already been adopted.A few years later, Hachi and Parker are as close as ever. Parker, however, is still mystified by Hachi's refusal to do normal, dog-like things like chase and retrieve a ball. Ken advises him that Hachi will only bring him the ball for a special reason. One morning, Parker leaves for work and Hachi sneaks out and follows him to the train station, where he refuses to leave until Parker walks him home. That afternoon, Hachi sneaks out again and walks to the train station, waiting patiently for Parker's train to come in. Eventually Parker relents and walks Hachi to the station every morning, where he leaves on the train. Hachi leaves after Parker's safe departure, but comes back in the afternoon to see his master's train arrive and walk with him home again. This continues for some time, until one afternoon Parker attempts to leave, but Hachi barks and refuses to go with him. Parker eventually leaves without him, but Hachi chases him, holding his ball. Parker is surprised but pleased that Hachi is finally willing to play fetch the ball with him. Worried that he will be late for the college, Professor Parker leaves on the train despite Hachi barking at him. At work that day Parker, still holding Hachi's ball, is teaching his music class when he suddenly suffers a fatal heart attack.At the train station, Hachi waits patiently as the train arrives, but there is no sign of Parker. He remains, lying in the snow, for several hours, until Parker's son-in-law Michael (Ronnie Sublett) comes to collect him. The next day, Hachi returns to the station and waits, remaining all day and all night. As time passes, Cate sells the house and Hachi is sent to live with her daughter Andy (Sarah Roemer), Michael, and their new baby Ronnie. However, at the first opportunity, he escapes and eventually finds his way back to his old house and then to the train station, where he sits at his usual spot, eating hot dogs given to him by Jas (Erick Avari), a local vendor. Andy arrives soon after and takes him home, but lets him out the next day to return to the station.For the next nine years, Hachi waits for his owner. His loyalty is profiled in the local newspaper. Years after Parker's death, Cate comes back to visit Parker's grave when she catches sight of Hachi waiting at the station. She gets emotional and sits next to Hachi until the next train comes. Hachi, now old and achy, returns to the train station at night and closes his eyes for the last time. He has visions of Parker. After His visions, the spirit of Parker dressed and looking like himself when he died walks out of the station and the two reunite as their spirits rise up to Heaven. The film then shows Ronnie, back in his classroom, making his conclusion of why Hachi will forever be his hero. He then meets up with his own Akita puppy, named Hachi, to walk down the same tracks where Parker and Hachi spent so many years together.The closing cards reveal information about the real Hachik who 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 final card reveals that real Hachiko died in 1934 (in fact, he died in 1935). A photo of his statue in the Shibuya train station is the last image shown before the credits roll.The film was shot primarily in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Bristol, Rhode Island. The newspaper reporter, Teddy, states he is from the Woonsocket Call, the daily newspaper published in Woonsocket. This is the only spoken reference to the actual location where filming took place.
Lasse Hallström
Director(s)
Stephen P. Lindsey
Kaneto Shindô
Writer(s)
Jeff Abberley
executive producer
Julia Blackman
executive producer
Julie Chrystyn
associate producer
Roxanna Farzaneh
associate producer
Samuel H. Frankel
co-executive producer (as Sam Frankel)
Richard Gere
producer
Warren T. Goz
executive producer
Bill Johnson
producer
Paul A. Levin
associate producer
Tom Luse
co-executive producer
Paul Mason
executive producer
Stewart McMichael
executive producer
Dwight Opperman
associate producer
Dean Schnider
co-producer
Jim Seibel
executive producer
Shin Torisawa
producer: Japan
Michael Viner
associate producer
Vicki Shigekuni Wong
producer
Producer(s)
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Composer(s)
Parker Wilson
Richard Gere
Cate Wilson
Joan Allen
Ken
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Andy
Sarah Roemer
Carl
Jason Alexander
Jasjeet
Erick Avari
Mary Anne
Davenia McFadden
Michael (as Robbie Collier Sublett)
Robbie Sublett
Ronnie - 11 years
Kevin DeCoste
Teddy Barnes (as Robert Degnan)
Rob Degnan
Heather (as Tora Hallström)
Tora Hallstrom
Myra
Donna Sorbello
Milton - The Butcher (as Frank Aronson)
Frank S. Aronson
Sal
Troy Doherty
Student Pianist
Ian Sherman
Evan Lock
Timothy Crowe
Miss Latham
Denece Ryland
Student
Blake Friedman
Harry Pinow
Bates Wilder
Commuter
Daniel Kirby
Commuter #2
Gloria Crist
Mover
Rich Tretheway
Man (as Tom Tynell)
Thomas Tynell
Student (uncredited)
Luke Allard
Train Station Commuter (uncredited)
Raymond Alongi
Student (uncredited)
Kira Arnold
Town Resident / Train Commuter (uncredited)
Ellen Becker-Gray
Man Passing on the Sidewalk (uncredited)
David Boston
Local Resident / Commuter (uncredited)
Gail Bugeja
Student (uncredited)
Robert Capron
Train Station Commuter (uncredited)
Oscar J. Castillo
Train Commuter (uncredited)
Desiree April Connolly
Commuter (uncredited)
D.W. Cormier
Student (uncredited)
Ryan Cultrera
Student (uncredited)
Becki Dennis
Student (uncredited)
Max Derderian
Train Station Commuter (uncredited)
Vincent J. Earnshaw
Commuter (uncredited)
John Franchi
Parkers Barber (uncredited)
Russell Gibson
Commuter (uncredited)
Albert Gornie
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Director(s)
Kaneto Shindô
Writer(s)
executive producer
Julia Blackman
executive producer
Julie Chrystyn
associate producer
Roxanna Farzaneh
associate producer
Samuel H. Frankel
co-executive producer (as Sam Frankel)
Richard Gere
producer
Warren T. Goz
executive producer
Bill Johnson
producer
Paul A. Levin
associate producer
Tom Luse
co-executive producer
Paul Mason
executive producer
Stewart McMichael
executive producer
Dwight Opperman
associate producer
Dean Schnider
co-producer
Jim Seibel
executive producer
Shin Torisawa
producer: Japan
Michael Viner
associate producer
Vicki Shigekuni Wong
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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