Nothing beats a day off in the weekend. After a few days of simultaneous study, work, and activities, weekend will look like the perfect escape for all of us. Among the activities to do in the weekends, watching a movie will surely offer a nice refill of energy. However, for us men, watching a movie about a dog seems a bit lame, isn't it? Well, at least that was what i think when a friend of mine asked me to watch Hachiko: A Dog's Story with her. Very reluctant to see the movie, i went and see it anyway and I was surprised because the movie-despite of its simple directing and budgeting-has such a strong social value in it.
Hachiko: A Dog's Story is a remake from a 1987 movie titled Hachiko Monoga
tari. The plot of the movie is actually very simple. It tells a story of a dog and its master, united by fate and live their lives together afterward as friends. The dog-named Hachiko after the Japanese writing hanging from his collar-would accompany his master to the train station in the morning when he goes to work and pick him up at the station in the evening when he comes home. People living or working near the station have been used to the scene that they stop asking questions how the master trains his dog. Fate that brings them together and it is also fate that delivers them the cruel good bye. The master soon dies because of a heart attack and Hachi loses his only point in life. Hachi then keeps showing up at the station every day at the exact time he awaited his master everyday when he was still alive. He keeps doing this for the next 10 years through the rain, the heat, and the snow until he dies waiting for his master to return. Even if you are the coolest person on earth losing half of your empathy, I am sure that this movie can still make you touched. In case some of you are wondering where you have heard the story before, it is a true story from Japan. The real Hachiko died in 1935 in Japan. A statue of Hachiko was then built at the Shibuya Station where he waited for his master all his life.
After watching the movie, I immediately felt so small compared to the dog. The dog can be so loyal to his master even when he is no longer alive. I can't even imagine myself-or even others that I know- to be loyal to someone even when that person is still alive. Our society has become so mobile that I don't think anyone can spend his life committed to only one thing, one job, or even one lover. There are even more qualities in a dog that if you think about it makes you think how small us humans have become. Dogs care for their owner unconditionally. When we are down, they can understand us and even try to cheer us up. What about us humans? How many times have we shoved our friends and families aside for better options? How many times have we ignored others to get what we want? Can we say that we care for others better than we care for ourselves? If we can not say yes to all these questions, then i guess we are no better than dogs after all, are we?
tari. The plot of the movie is actually very simple. It tells a story of a dog and its master, united by fate and live their lives together afterward as friends. The dog-named Hachiko after the Japanese writing hanging from his collar-would accompany his master to the train station in the morning when he goes to work and pick him up at the station in the evening when he comes home. People living or working near the station have been used to the scene that they stop asking questions how the master trains his dog. Fate that brings them together and it is also fate that delivers them the cruel good bye. The master soon dies because of a heart attack and Hachi loses his only point in life. Hachi then keeps showing up at the station every day at the exact time he awaited his master everyday when he was still alive. He keeps doing this for the next 10 years through the rain, the heat, and the snow until he dies waiting for his master to return. Even if you are the coolest person on earth losing half of your empathy, I am sure that this movie can still make you touched. In case some of you are wondering where you have heard the story before, it is a true story from Japan. The real Hachiko died in 1935 in Japan. A statue of Hachiko was then built at the Shibuya Station where he waited for his master all his life.After watching the movie, I immediately felt so small compared to the dog. The dog can be so loyal to his master even when he is no longer alive. I can't even imagine myself-or even others that I know- to be loyal to someone even when that person is still alive. Our society has become so mobile that I don't think anyone can spend his life committed to only one thing, one job, or even one lover. There are even more qualities in a dog that if you think about it makes you think how small us humans have become. Dogs care for their owner unconditionally. When we are down, they can understand us and even try to cheer us up. What about us humans? How many times have we shoved our friends and families aside for better options? How many times have we ignored others to get what we want? Can we say that we care for others better than we care for ourselves? If we can not say yes to all these questions, then i guess we are no better than dogs after all, are we?
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