When it comes to movies related to dogs, perhaps no one will not know the story of the loyal dog Hachiko.
"The Tale of Hachiko" is directed by Lasse Hallstrom and stars Richard Gere, Joan Allen and Sarah Rommel. The film tells the story of an ordinary Akita dog originally from Akita Prefecture, Japan, who was picked up and adopted by a university professor and named Hachi. Hachiko watched the professor go to work every day at the door of the house, and in the evening he went to Shibuya Station to wait for the master to come home. Who would have thought that there would be unforeseen circumstances, the professor suddenly passed away due to illness in the second year of getting along with Hachiko, leaving Hachiko forever. However, Hachiko still went to Shibuya every day to wait for his master's return after the professor's death, and waited for 10 years until his death. This is a movie based on a true story that happened in 1924.
"The Tale of the Loyal Dog Hachiko" narrates a fairy tale-like true legend between humans and dogs. Every frame in the movie is not sensational, but uses simple shots to continuously precipitate emotions and narrate plainly. , but the emotion erupted in a long stream. When the professor died unexpectedly, Hachiko was still waiting at the station where his master appeared every day, the seasons changed, staying in the same place at different times, ten years as one day until the end of his life.
Waiting for ten years means using up its life time. I burst into tears when I heard the sentence "Are you still waiting for him" from the professor at the train station ten years later. Ten years may not be a long time for a person, but for a dog, it may be his entire life.
Love does not need cleverness, but stupidity; it does not need calculation, but loyalty. "They taught me what it means to be loyal, and we shouldn't forget everyone we've ever loved." It can never wait for the one it wants to wait for.
What the movie moves people is the indescribable love of the dog. In fact, throughout the ages, from China to the world, from the East to the West, the entire human society has a very strong affection for dogs. I think one of the most fundamental reasons is because of their most dazzling "loyalty" quality. When I write this, I think of Deng Shichang, the leader of the Zhiyuan ship who "was full of tears on this day, and has a strong navy" during the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese naval battle. The dog that bit his own clothes and drowned, and then died for the country. I thought of the poem in the TV series "Wonderful Dogs" again...
Dog, maybe it is only a part of your life, but in its heart, you are the whole of its life. The story of the loyal dog Hachiko reveals a sincere relationship that transcends species. The pure and sincere feeling embodied in this film is especially precious compared to the cold temperament in reality.
In such an impetuous society, this film not only explains what loyalty is to us, but also brings us a yearning for tranquility and peace. Sometimes I really envy the life that slows down in this fast era, just like being in a small town with familiar neighbors, living a nine-to-five life, and living with the people I love all my life.
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