Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Year:

2009

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Drama | Family

IMDB rate:

8.2

Director:

Lasse Hallström

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2009-08-08

Filming Locations: Bristol, Rhode Island, USA

Earnings

Budget: $16,000,000

Opening Weekend: £442,753 (UK) (14 March 2010)

Gross: £1,048,876 (UK) (28 March 2010)

Cast

Actor

Character

Tora Hallstrom

Richard Gere

Parker Wilson

Joan Allen

Cate Wilson

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Ken

Sarah Roemer

Andy

Jason Alexander

Carl

Erick Avari

Jasjeet

Davenia McFadden

Mary Anne

Robbie Sublett

Michael (as Robbie Collier Sublett)

Kevin DeCoste

Ronnie - 11 years

Rob Degnan

Teddy Barnes (as Robert Degnan)

Donna Sorbello

Myra

Frank S. Aronson

Milton - The Butcher (as Frank Aronson)

Troy Doherty

Sal

Ian Sherman

Student Pianist

Timothy Crowe

Evan Lock

Denece Ryland

Miss Latham

Blake Friedman

Student

Bates Wilder

Harry Pinow

Daniel Kirby

Commuter

Gloria Crist

Commuter #2

Rich Tretheway

Mover

Thomas Tynell

Man (as Tom Tynell)

Luke Allard

Student (uncredited)

Raymond Alongi

Train Station Commuter (uncredited)

Kira Arnold

Student (uncredited)

Ellen Becker-Gray

Town Resident / Train Commuter (uncredited)

David Boston

Man Passing on the Sidewalk (uncredited)

Gail Bruno

Local Resident / Commuter (uncredited)

Robert Capron

Student (uncredited)

Oscar J. Castillo

Train Station Commuter (uncredited)

Desiree April Connolly

Train Commuter (uncredited)

D.W. Cormier

Commuter (uncredited)

Ryan Cultrera

Student (uncredited)

Becki Dennis

Student (uncredited)

Max Derderian

Student (uncredited)

Vincent J. Earnshaw

Train Station Commuter (uncredited)

Shane Farrell

Dancer / Student (voice) (uncredited)

John Franchi

Commuter (uncredited)

Elizabeth Freeman

Student (uncredited)

Russell Gibson

Parkers Barber (uncredited)

Albert Gornie

Commuter (uncredited)

Patrick Mel Hayes

Commuter / Businessman (uncredited)

Steven Howitt

Theater Goer (uncredited)

Michael Kelly

Commuter (uncredited)

Mary Koomjian

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Adam Masnyk

Awkward Reacting Boy (uncredited)

Martin Montana

Train Station Commuter (uncredited)

Morgan O'Brien

Train Commuter (uncredited)

Edward L. Papazian

Air Line Baggage Handler (uncredited)

Americo Presciutti

Train Station Passenger (uncredited)

Donna Glee Reim

Grandmother to the Bride (uncredited)

Gary Roscoe

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Eric Ryan

Train Commuter (uncredited)

Ben Skinner

Funeral Attendee / Student (uncredited)

Rich Skinner

Train Commuter (uncredited)

Roy Souza

Commuter #2 (uncredited)

Donald Warnock

Senior Train Conductor (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Parker uses Netscape 3.0 on Mac OS (classic) to browse the Internet on October 26, 1996 (the date of baseball 1996 World Series, Game 6). This is historically correct: the browser was released on August 19, 1996. The websites he visits appear to be large static images, which contain the whole page pre-rendered separately.

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To age Hachi, in addition to using makeup to dull the colors of his coat, tiny weights were used to make his ears and tail droop.

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This movie reunites "Richard Gere" and "Jason Alexander" for the first time since "Pretty Woman."

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Goofs

When Hachi digs under the fence to follow the professor he is clearly covered in mud as we see him on the other side of the fence, but when we see him on the platform he is clean again.

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When Hachiko has moved in with Andy, Michael and Ronnie (still a baby), he is shown laying on the floor, while Ronnie collides with the dog repeatedly in his baby walker. In the first shot showing the walker from the side, the baby is absent from his walker. Cut to a master shot showing baby Ronnie in the walker, followed by another shot of the walker colliding with Hachi, similar to the first which shows now the baby's legs.

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When Cate awakens Parker, who has fallen asleep watching Game 6 of the 1996 World Series with Hachi, the footage shown on the television is of then-Yankee catcher Joe Girardi running out his run-scoring triple in that game. Presumably it's late, and Parker and Hachi had been watching the game quite a while for Parker to have fallen asleep, but Girardi's triple came in the 3rd inning. It's also questionable whether Parker, who's depicted as an avid Yankee fan, would fall asleep during a World Series-clinching game.

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Quotes

Cate Wilson: Hachi? Hachi? Oh, old thing! You're still waiting. That's right. If it's all right, could I wait with you for the next train? Yeah? Thanks.

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Ken: [Talking in Japanese] It's been a year, hasn't it? I wake up sometimes in the middle of the night and think about Parker. He was a good friend. I understand how you feel. Hachi, my friend, Parker is never coming home. But if Hachiko wants to wait, then Hachiko should wait. You want to wait for him, don't you? Have a long life, Hachi.

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Ken: I understand how you feel. Hachi, my friend, Parker is never coming home. But if Hachiko wants to wait, then Hachiko should wait. Have a long life Hachi.

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