Hachiko

A while ago, I got bored.

I did not watch television; I do not want to watch replay reality shows.

I did not play Pokémon; I have no game to play.

I did not sleep; I woke up late so I was not sleepy.

And so I thought, there are movies on my laptop. So I opened my laptop and scanned my list of movies. Then, there came Hachiko. At first, I was planning to watch the movie Inception but I watched Hachiko instead.

And so the movie started. At first, I was bored by the classroom scene, but, the next events turned out to be exciting. There were some parts of the movie where I thought it would turn out to be bad, but I was actually wrong. For instance, I thought that Parker and his wife would separate because of the dog, but, the otherwise happened. I thought that the hotdog vendor was not that necessary, but, he turned out to be one of the significant characters.

And then, the unexpected parts came.

After Parker died, I did not expect myself crying with tears falling down from my eyes. Yes I cried over other movies (two movies to be exact – A Walk to Remember and Grave of the Fireflies) but, this one was the most intense. I pity Hachi for waiting for his deceased master on the train station. He did it for ten years. Though the movie did not show how he died or what happened next, we don’t need to mind about that already.

Another scene that made me cry was the part when Mrs. Wilson saw Hachi at the train station again. I do not know why the scene was worth crying at, but, I did. Maybe it was a reunion between two old friends. That’s why I cried.

Another aspect of the movie which made me depressed was Mrs. Wilson’s life after Parker’s death. In the movie, on one night, they were happily on bed together, but the next day, Parker was gone. Mrs. Wilson cries, but Hachi still went back to the train station.

I already knew the real story of Hachiko because it was our lesson in class before, but I never knew they made it this beautiful and good. I would curse rottentomatoes.com if this movie was rotten. I would rate this movie 89%.

And so, the boring afternoon turned out well, with teary and soring eyes.

GO WATCH IT!