This is the original Japanese version of Hachiko story with English translation.
Original Japanese film is far more impressive and always induce tears.
You can see on You Tube separated to 11 parts.
In 2009, a modern drama film was released telling a true story about a dog named Hachiko.
Quoted from a Japanese version titled ′′ Hachiko Tale ′′ produced by 1987. starring the film Richard Gear, directed by Lassie Halstrom.
* (Hachiko Akita Inu dog born on 10 November 1923 in Akita province. These dogs are characterized by their long life loyalty to their owner. I'm not going to be
Hachi was owned by a university professor named ′′ Hide Sapporo Ueno ′′ a professor of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo.
Hachiko used to accompany the professor to the train station while going to work. And when he returns he finds Hachiko waiting for him at the train station door.
As the days pass, this view has become customary for all Chiboya Station and its permanent visitors.
Until May 1925 that sad day when the professor didn't return to the station due to a brain bleed he was exposed to at university leading to his death.
However, Hachiko did not quit his habit while waiting for his owner in front of the train station door day after day in hopes of returning. It lasted ten consecutive years, yes ten consecutive years, everyone tried to remove it from his position on the station, but he was insisting on waiting in the same place, and over the years, this dog turned into a Japanese legend, especially after writing the press His story, teachers taught his story to students in schools as an example of loyalty and sacrifice.
In April 1934, a bronze statue of Hachiko was set up in front of Chiboya Station in a grand celebration and was present at the opening ceremony of the statue, Matt Hachiko on March 8, 1935 and his body is embalmed and preserved at the National Science Museum In Tokyo
However, this statue was used in the manufacture of weapons in World War II.
After the war in 1948 the statue was remodeled and placed in place that still exists today in the most famous area of Shibuya and one of Tokyo signs.
Hachi: The story of a dog that taught us the highest and most beautiful levels of loyalty that only rare people can reach, and what we need today is for people who carry such loyalty to their homeland.
Transferred.