According to the story, Hachiko used to wait every day at Shibuya train station for its master, a professor at the University of Tokyo. Gere, who has been coming to Japan since making “American Gigolo” in 1980, said he never really knew much about Hachiko, which has become part of Japanese folklore. There is no subservience, no master and no dog rather, they are soul friends.” “It goes beyond the normal sense of loyalty. “The story is more than a dog waiting for his master,” said Gere, 59, this week, on his 8th visit to Japan. ![]() Richard Gere gets philosophical when he discusses his latest movie – “Hachi: A Dog’s Story,” which is a transplanted American version of the 1987 Japanese film “Hachiko Monogatari,” about a faithful Akita dog that died at a train station waiting for its master.
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