![]() ![]() ![]() On his way home from a train station, Professor Parker Wilson (Richard Gere) comes across a lost Akita puppy wandering around the rails. A circular routine of smiles and tears, “Hachi” is delightfully gentle and engaging, refusing to bloat the material past an elementary message of canine loyalty. Based on a true story, which was made into a blockbuster Japanese motion picture in 1987, Hachi has been Americanized, taking an account of lifelong affection to an attractive Northeastern playground, not to mention hauling Richard Gere in for some required star power. “Hachi : A Dog’s Tale” is a poignant story of animal attachment, glazed with a sporadically viscous coating of sentimentality.
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