The film stars the still gorgeous Richard Gere (Parental Unit insisted I add that description of Mr. Gere) and three Akita's playing the famous Japanese dog, Hatchi, in "a contemporary retelling of the story of Hatchiko, an Akita who lived in Japan in the 1920's and '30's." Hachiko was the companion of a professor who died suddenly at work, and the faithful Hachiko continued to return to the train station where his owner traveled to and from work, for nine years after his death, awaiting the man's return. A statute of Hachiko still stands at that Tokyo train station-or so we've read.
Parental Unit had heard of this film before, but didn't realize that it was making it's U.S. debut on cable until she read this article in today's New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/arts/television/25dogs.html?_r=1&ref=arts
So enjoy the article and the film, and ponder if you will, whether anyone will make a statute of your's truly...
