Hachiko was given away after his master's death, but he routinely escaped, showing up again and again at his old home. He died and never returned to the train station where his friend was waiting. The professor had suffered a stroke at the university that day. The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925, when Professor Ueno didn't return on the usual train one evening.
During his owner's life Hachiko saw him off from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. ***In 1924, Hachiko was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesaburo Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo.
The movie Hachiko A Dog' Story is based on a true story that took in first half of the 20th century in Japan. Those cute dogs are irresistible! I'm sure I will cry a bit with this movie too!ĭon't miss Richard Gere and his Akita dog in the movie Hachiko A Dog's Story! It's like a mirror story of Marley and Me. Sarah Roemer as Andy, the professor's daughter After the professor dies while away from home, the dog keeps vigil waiting for his master for nearly a decade." "A college professor (Richard Gere) takes in an abandoned dog, Hachi, and they form an unbreakable bond. Here below the first official movie trailer of Hachiko A Dog Story: It will be released on Augin Japan, so we may expect a US release by year end. The movie Hachiko A Dog Story is also starring Joan Allen and Sarah Roemer. Gere has been so moved that he's been pushing for an American movie adaptation of the story (some people would say a remake of the Japanese movie based on the same true story), even going to co-produce the film with his own money!ĭirector Lasse Hallstrom has been hired to helm the film. where it has made $73.85 million, including $2.25 million on 535 screens over the past weekend.Actor Richard Gere's interest in Asia is not limited to Buddhism and to the Dalai Lama: he's also been touched by the story of Hachiko, a dog of breed Akita who lived in Japan more than half a century ago and who rose to fame because of his unconditional love for his owner. Meanwhile it remained in first place in Germany with $2.74 million on 908 screens giving it $54.68 million in total. The film is running on holdovers, but it did place third in France adding $3.78 million on 918 screens over the weekend for a total of $45.08 million in that market. Over the weekend it earned $22.85 million on 9346 screens in 63 markets for a total of $548.68 million internationally and $822.53 million worldwide after just four weeks of release. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince became just the second film of the year to reach $500 million on the international chart, but the sixth film of that franchise to reach that milestone. International Details - Potter Hits Half a Billion However, it was a costly film to make, so it will have to show some strength on the home market to show a profit. With Debuts in Italy and Japan still ahead, the film should have no trouble topping $100 million internationally and $200 million worldwide. The film opened in first place in Spain with $2.44 million on 460 screens, but had to settle for fifth in South Korea with $1.22 million on 375 screens over the weekend and $1.70 million in total. Public Enemies remained in fifth place with $8.74 million on 2919 screens in 49 markets for a total of $76.20 million. International Details - Enemies has a lot of International Friends The latest from Timur Bekmambetov debuted in second place in his native Russia behind Avatar with an estimated $8 million on 700 screens. Those markets include Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. International Details - Lightning Strikes on the International Chartīlack Lightning opened in sixth place internationally with $8.42 million on 798 screens in 5 markets.
That film placed first in Italy with $7.56 million on 608 screens over the weekend, giving it $12.91 million in total. More than half the films on this week's International Details column were international films, starting with sixth place Io, loro E Lara. International Details - More International Flavor That said, while the DVD and the Blu-ray for Precious are worth picking up, the Up in the Air Blu-ray is too expensive compared to the DVD. Because of that, it is hard for me to say which one is more deserving of the Pick of the Week honors, so I'm going to award that title to both of them. I was supposed to review both Precious and Up in the Air, but they ran out of screeners for the latter. We have a pair of Awards Season players coming out this week. DVD and Blu-ray Releases for March 9th, 2010