Film Review Assignment XII IPA-4

by :

1. Anggrahini Kusuma N ( 01 )

2. Aprilla Paskarika ( 03 )

3. Fadhillah Luluk M ( 12 )

4. Nurlita Iswari ( 19 )

HACHIKO : A Dog Story – the Review

Title : Hachiko : A Dog story

Genre : Drama

Director : Lasse Hallstrom

Year : 2009

Duration : 104 minutes

Starring : Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Sarah Roemer, Erick Avari, Jason Alexander

We just watched “Hachiko : A Dog Story”, and we really enjoyed

it thoroughly. The director, Lasse Hallstrom have been succeeded in

making the audience of this film touched, especially for dog lovers. This

film was adapted from the famous story in Japan about Akita dog named

Hachi. This film is also the remake from Japan’s film “Hachiko

Monohatari”, that have been released in 1987. While “Hachiko : A Dog

Story” released in 2009.

Orientation

The story starts when  a college professor ( played by Gere ) who

finds a lost puppy wondering around a train station. When he can’t find

the pup’s owner, he decide to keep it and give it a name, Hachiko, Hachi

for short. Hachi and the professor form an extremely strong bond. Every

morning, Hachi walks to the terminal with its owner, and every afternoon

at five, the dog returns to wait for the professor. On one very sad day,

Parker leaves for work and becomes deathly ill, he never return to the

station again. Hachi waits for hours, until the professor’s daughter comes

to take it home. Every day for ten long years, Hachi returns to the station

in anticipation of its master’s arrival at the train station. Vendors and

employees at the terminal feed Hachi, but the dog never accepts another

master. Hachi finally dies at the terminal, still waiting for his beloved

master.

The real star of this movie is Hachi and it was great how the

director showed scenes from the dog’s point of view. Richard Gere wasn’t

too bad himself here, just being his classic self while the others made an

adequate supporting cast. This one’s a really nice, heartwarming film that

shows us the value of family loyalty and long last friendship. Everyone

can learn something from Hachi.

Overall, This film is highly recommended to audiences of all ages,

because this film is not only a delight to watch, but its tender lessons of

loyalty, friendship, commitment, and love, as well as its positive

portrayals of family and marriage, leave audiences with some important

ideals to discuss with their families.

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