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HACHI A DOG’S TALE (Based on a True Story) (2009) - BRAND NEW DVD never unwrapped still in its' original factory sealed plastic wrap. Drama, Family - 93 Minutes long (Rated G)
STARS – Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Davenia McFadden, Erick Avari, Jason Alexander, Joan Allen, Richard Gere, Robbie Sublett, Sarah Roemer, Troy Doherty
In the modern day, a class full of young students are giving oral presentations about personal heroes. A boy named Ronnie stands up & 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. Parker is instantly captivated by the dog. When Carl, the station controller, refuses to take him, Parker takes the puppy home overnight. His wife Cate is insistent about not keeping the puppy & leaving it where he found it. The next day, Parker expects that someone will have contacted the train station, but no one has. He sneaks the pup onto the train & takes him to work, where a Japanese college professor, Ken, 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 & Parker are as close as ever. Parker, however, is still mystified by Hachi's refusal to do normal, dog-like things like chase & retrieve a ball. Ken advises him that Hachi will only bring him the ball for a special reason.
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