Hachiko The movie

The real Hachiko -stuffed and mounted remains are kept in the National Science Muzium, Ueno, Tokyo.

Base on a True Story....about Hachi-ko a pure- breed Akita,born in 1923, who follows his master to Shibuya train station every morning and then trots back to meet him at the end of the day. under the snow, under the rain...hachi remains loyal. The professor die one day while at work. Hachi became a stray dog after professor family move to another town. Hachi then devote his life to waiting outside the station for his master -whom ofcourse never returned. Days after days he stood there waiting. he became a celebrity, with news article detailing his virgil. After 10 years of waiting, hachi finally died outside the train station under the snow. A statue was made after him at the shibuya station.

Hachi-ko's tale captured the attention and sympathy of the nation. When he died, the government declare an official day of mourning.

During the war,the famous statue was melted down for use in ammunition plants. but after the war, the son of the original sculptor recreated his father's work.

nowadays, odate city and national science muzium in tokyo also has hachi's statue.

Really touching. alex told me about this true story about 2 years ago.already hachi made me cry. now that i get to watch the movie.....we cry like hell. Not even us can compare to Hachi for his loyalty.

i was rather feeling unhappy today about something at work.dont ask me what is it. its work. but after watching this movie and what hachi did, i just felt that my case wasnt such a big deal after all.