Hachiko

A Japanese parable of fidelity so pure it feels like a dog’s homework assignment. The story follows an Akita who keeps waiting at a train station for a dead professor, somehow turning routine devotion into national myth. A noble experiment in time-wasting that somehow earns four legs of pathos.

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Seijiro Koyama directed Hachiko in 1987. See Seijiro Koyama's full filmography, where to start with Seijiro Koyama, or where to go after you've seen everything by Seijiro Koyama.

Hachiko was released in 1987 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 107 minutes.