NOW SHOWING: HACHIKO A DOG'S STORY

In a world full of “what ifs”…

In a world where fickleness is just roving around… can one still can find essence of loyalty?

Can one still can find a pure and genuine friend?

Is it really worthy to wait for someone? Or should we really just accept the fact that sometimes we really need to give up and move on because this isn’t working anymore and we just find ourselves fighting alone…

        What a splashing questions from a person full of “what ifs” (me actually HAHA!). This week’s movie entry will definitely give us some ideas on how we can answer these endless questions that perhaps on one way or another made us feel bothered.

NOW SHOWING

HACHIKO

A Dog’s Story

Directed by Lasse Hallstrom

BITS OF THE MOVIE

Genre: Drama

Actor & Actresses: Richard Gere              Joan Allen

                       Erick Avari                  Jason Alexander

Release:  2009

Synopsis: The movie was actually based on a true story. In Bedridge train station Japan, Professor Parker Wilson finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He finds that the dog is an Akita (a dog breed) and names it Hachiko. However, nobody claims the dog so his family decides to keep Hachi. Day by day from this mysterious dog came a miracle. Hachi became an instrument that soothes everyone’s pain, distress and affliction, and the rest made this story award winning and notable to every people who choose to watch it. A movie based on a true story of faith, devotion and undying love.

WHAT HACHIKO LEAVES ME

       Three things makes me realizes this film. First loyalty, second is friendship, and the third was hope. Although the film reflects lots of values to learn from, for me this three things was the most relevant nowadays.

     In a world where people move as quick as the time flies, we sometimes think that we cannot trust anybody. As this world rapidly moving to its axis people just come and go.

“… when I hear about my grandfather and Hachi I feel like I know him. They taught me the meaning of loyalty, that you should never forget anyone you loved and that’s why Hachi will forever be my hero.”

-  Ronnie

         They say there is no love without trust. Just like Professor Parker and Hachi, they were totally and both stranger at first yet they still find to established trust that really gave their relationship a firm and strong foundation that brings true and undying love.

      The loyalty of Hachi makes me realize that it is still possible to trust and love at the same time without getting afraid. The problem of people today is that they are so afraid to love as they could not get the love they gave. They find love as a two way process, that if you love someone he or she should give the love back. Hachi’s loyalty teaches us unconditional love. If it is possible for a dog, for an animal to be specific, to have and give an unconditional love to his owner definitely it will and just as easy as we breathe to give unconditional love to anyone or anybody. Wait, why is it that I talked about love as to loyalty? Because for me, if we love, everything will follow. If we felt the feeling of being love everything will come as smooth as the air. As well as to loyalty. If we trust someone we should not be afraid for what maybe the consequences that we can have. Therefore even it is a mistake to trust that person still we learn something and if you are lucky then you can have all the happiness in the world.

         It is a good thing to have a friend, even if one is about to die. Friendship. How do we really define a friend? In the film, Hachi and Professor Parker conveys that a true and genuine friend will always be there whether at the peak of your happiness or even at your worst nightmare. That they would always wait you with patience as you do your make up, as you take your bath, as you pick your outfit, as you tie your shoes, as you get ready to talk about your problems, feelings, and agonies. Friends are not the people after your family. Because they are actually a part of our families.

        The last thing I learned from the film that really makes me sob was hope. It opens my eyes wider that if I really want to succeed I should do that with much more or better, giving the best of my courage and determination. As Hachi waits for the next day and for the next nine years of his life, I learned that things has always their perfect time. He might not see his owner again but he gave us lessons and a unique story that we could look from whenever we felt we are losing hope to have and find loyalty and true love.

“There’s an element of music that cannot be captured. Life cannot be captured. The moment of creation itself is fleeting.”

- Professor Parker Wilson

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