Sunday, August 8, 2010

八月八日(hachigatsu yoka) : August 8

Yesterday I watched two movies which I recorded the days before. One is an American movie "Hachiko: A Dog's Story" starring Richard Gere. It was released on August 8, 2009 in Japan. Just a year ago. The Japanese title is "Hachi, yakusoku no inu(ハチ 約束の犬)" Hachi, dog of loyalty. The original story happened in Japan in the early 1920s. It is a stroy of a faithful dog called Hachiko that had waited for the master every night at the station for 9 years after his death. There is a statue of Loyalty Dog Hachiko at Shibuya (渋谷) station where is the meeting spot now. I wonder how they can make with real dogs.
The other is a Japanese movie titled "Yogisha Muroi Shinji (容疑者 室井慎次)", The Suspect which was released on Augsut 27, 2005. This is one of the spin-off movies of the popular TV drama and movie titled Odoru dai sosasen (踊る大捜査線).
For both movies one common thing is dealing with a promise.

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