- By Nicholas Yong
- BBC News, Singapore
The Chinese tagline on the motion picture poster states all of it: “I will wait for you, no matter how long it takes.”
(*100 *) informs real tale of Hachiko, the faithful dog that remained to await its master at a train terminal in Japan long after his fatality.
The lotion white Akita Inu, birthed 100 years earlier, has actually been memorialised in every little thing from publications to films to the cult sci-fi comedyFuturama And the Chinese model – the 3rd after a Japanese variation in 1987, as well as the Richard Gere- starrer in 2009 – is a hit at package workplace.
There have actually been stories of various other dedicated dogs such as Greyfriars Bobby, however none with the worldwide effect of Hachiko.
A bronze statuary of him has actually stood outside Shibuya Station in Tokyo, where he waited in …