However, documents such as photographs, newspapers and eyewitness accounts of the people from Shibuya -who lived during that time- were well aware of the truth. We certainly weren't there when it happened and there's no way for us to know for sure. It's amazing how some people can say that Hachiko's story is just an urban legend, when they themselves are clueless on what really took place. You might be able to find out more at the page for the real dog Hachiko. I have no clue if it's an urban legend, but it's an extremely well-known story in Japan. Surely this "true story" is simply an urban legend rip-off of Greyfriar's Bobby? Mrstonky ( talk) 17:35, 8 March 2010 (UTC) 5 It's amazing how long false information survives here.
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Nevertheless, a good movie about man’s best friend is good business. But it is the film’s December 18 opening in North America, through fledgling distributor Consolidated Pictures Group, which will be key. Wide Pictures (through UPI) has the film next on November 6 in Spain, followed by Prokino Film Verleih on November 12 in Germany.Īfter the warm reception in Rome, Italian distributor Lucky Red moved the release date up to December 30, with RCV in Netherlands and Imagem in Brazil also releasing in December (23 and 25, respectively). Hachiko: A Dog’s Story is now rolling out in Europe, and Inferno’s Asian sales partner Double Edge sold the film to Korea at Pusan. A lot of our distribution partners think they have something special on their hands and we’re hopeful our patient little Hachi will continue to find box-office success all around the world.” It is hard to predict the film’s impact in territories unfamiliar with the original story. Inferno’s co-founder Bill Johnson says: “We’re excited this film performed so amazingly well in Japan and the reaction at the Rome film festival was spectacular.
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However, Japan’s growing disparity between a limited number of megahits and the rest sees Hachiko as one of few mid-level dramas to succeed. With its pedigree, Hachiko: A Dog’s Story was expected to perform even better at the box office. He previously appeared in Akira Kurosawa’s Rhapsody In August, is a devout Buddhist and regular visitor to Japan, where he periodically shoots commercials. Gere also has strong cachet in Japan, having starred in a previous remake of a Japanese hit ” 2004’s Shall We Dance? ($27m gross in Japan). The film’s theatrical release was also set for August 8, holding its own against GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince and the summer animation franchises, staying in the top 10 for five weeks.
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“Sequences and characters were adapted to a US setting and audience,” says division rep Satoko Ishida, “but the core storyline and the sensibility of the film was kept faithful to the original story of loyalty and trust.” Shochiku acquired Japan rights from Inferno and teamed up with Fuji TV (channel ‘8’, or ‘hachi’ in Japanese). Shochiku’s international licensing division negotiated the remake rights. Hallstrom joined as director, with a screenplay credited to Stephen P Lindsey and Shindo. When the canine died in 2002, she set out to produce an English-language version of the film with Paul Mason.įive years later, a remake starring Gere was announced by Los Angeles-based production and foreign sales company Inferno. It has taken more than $20m at the box office and is set to be a home-video hit, despite Japan’s shrinking DVD market.īacktracking to the mid-1980s, US producer Vicki Shigekuni Wong visited the famed statue, marvelling at the story and naming her own dog ‘Hachi’.
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The US remake Hachiko: A Dog’s Story, directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Richard Gere, opened earliest in its spiritual home of Japan on August 8, on 349 screens, through distributor Shochiku. Shindo later reworked his screenplay into a 2006 TV movie. It was the number-one local release that year, earning $60m. In 1987, Shochiku studios produced the movie Hachiko Monogatari, written by Kaneto Shindo and directed by Seijiro Koyama. Hachiko inspired articles, record releases and a bronze statue outside Shibuya station that has become a well-known Tokyo landmark. It seems too incredible to be true, but this enduring tale that transpired from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s is part of the fabric of Japanese culture. “Our distribution partners think they have something special on their hands” Unknown to the pure-bred akita, his university professor master has already died, but Hachiko shows up like clockwork for the next decade, loyal to the very end. A dog named Hachiko arrives at Tokyo’s Shibuya train station at the same time every day, waiting for its owner to return.