Richard Gere visits Hachiko statue
July 8th, 2009 by James
Richard Gere was in Tokyo the other day to visit Shibuya’s Hachiko statue:
He seemed happy to be back in Japan for the first time in four years, and was friendly to fans who had gathered to see him.
Gere’s new movie, Hachi, will be introducing the famous true story of Hachiko to an international audience. It will hit theaters in Japan on August 8th.
Here’s the Japanese teaser/trailer for the movie:
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I love how the “teaser” basically told the entire plot of the movie.
I wonder how this script was pitched to the studio? “Benji” meets “Waiting for Godot” in Tokyo?
Next up: “Hachiko the TV series” on FOX, “Haha-chi-ko the sitcom” and “Hachiko Unleashed” the Warner Bros animated series.
Keep in mind that this movie is called “Hachi” in English, which means that the sequel with the dog’s offspring could be “Hachiko: The Loitering.”
I just wonder if Hollywood has figured out a way to slap a happy ending on the story.
Hachiko’s master wasn’t really dead but in a coma or something and comes back years later to find his dog still waiting?
That’s how hollywood destroys great stories
I wanna see it basically for two reasons. I haven’t seen jason alexander in anything since seinfeld and I want to see if they can carry the movie on such a thin plot.
i never though someone would make this movie but i have been waiting for someone to make it since i went to Shibuya in fact when i went the first thing i did in Shibuya was go and see the statue.
lol me too
Didn’t he already redo a Japanese movie, SHALL WE DANCE, and it bombed? I hope this one does better.
I think everything in English with Japanese subtitles sounds goofy. It seems to be some kind of universal law.
Dunno, it is the Japanese trailer for the movie after all. I know it would suck to have to utilize a different language from your own just to watch a movie. That’s the premise of subtitles.
The last thing this wonderful story needs is a predictable Hollywood tear-jerker taking place in America and starring Richard Gere.
And was HachiKO too difficult a name to remember so they had to shorten it to Hachi? I sense some low IMDB scores coming up.
Really hope Richard Gere doesn’t shove Hachiko up his anus in the movie :/
Can anyone tell me what song was used in that trailer? :< Tried to google it, but didn't get any results.
0.54【青山テルマ】忘れないよ
/ sample
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9VYM1YU6A
Thelma Aoyama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Aoyama
I’m totally not going to see this movie! I cried like a baby while watching Marley & me – This movie looks even more sad!
Hachi! – Gesundheit! ^^ SCNR (hatschi is the sound one makes when sneezing in German)
I didn’t know the true story of Hachi until now, but the trailer immediately reminded me of the Futurama episode ‘Jurassic Bark’. ^^ The probably also based it on the story of Hachi.
This kind of pisses me off, if this movie gets any recognition, which it won’t, they’d better be constantly crediting the source of the story.