FILM REVIEW

HACHI: A DOG'S TALE

CREDITS

1. What is the title of the film?

Hachi: A Dog's tale
2. Who is the director?

Lasse Hallström
3. Who is the screenwriter?

Steven P Lindsey

Remake: Kaneto Shindô

SUMMARY OF THE PLOT
4. Where does the action take place?

The film takes place in Bedridge (New England) EEUU
5. When does the action take place? (past, present, future)

The action take place in the past. 
6. Which genre is the film? (horror, comedy, animated, drama, adventure, science fiction)

The film is a drama

MAIN CHARACTERS
7. Who are the main characters?

Hachiko 

Parker Wilson

Cate Wilson

Andy Wilson

Ken

Carl
Shabir

8. Describe two characters in the film. (physical description, psychological description, age, nationality social/personal background)

Hachiko: Is a puppy of Akita breed at the end of the film but when it finishes is an old Akita. It's a Japanese breed. Hachiko is a very beautiful dog. Hachi has got a large bear-like head  with small erect triangular ears. His eyes are small, dark, deeply set and triangular in shape. His hair is rough and straight golden and white. The tail has a singular shape curled on the back. He is a very calm, docile and very playful dog, but what distinguishes Hachi most is his loyalty to Professor Wilson, who adopts him when he is a lost puppy at the station. 
Since then Hachi doesn't move on his side and every day waits for the station to arrive to work. The morning of the professor's death Hacki noticed what something was wrong with him.
He waited for him every day at the station for 10 years after the professor died. . Hachi died when he was eleven years old, waiting for the professor at the station.

Parker Wilson: Is a middle aged music professor's. The teacher is married to Cate and they are very much in love. they have a daughter, Andy. Parker Wilson is a tall and handsome man. He has short and white hair. His eyes are small and brown. He is a respectable, cultured, educated and caring gentleman. 
He finds the lost puppy at the station and doesn't hesitate to take him home and adopt him, despite Cate's refusal.
The professor is fond of the dog: he teaches him how to do things and they are always together. immediately a very large bond of affection grows between them.
Every day they go to station together and after returning by train, Hachi is waiting for the professor to arrive at the station. One day the professor dies suddenly at the University when he is teaching.

VOCABULARY
Write 4 words from the film and...

9. Write a definition in English

Loyalty: Involves a sense of duty or of devoted attachment to something or someone

Platform: The raised area between or alongside the tracks of a railroad station, from which the cars of the train are entered.

Await: To expect, look for

Faithful: Steady in allegiance or affection; loyal; constant

10. Translate them into Catalan

Loyalty: Lleialtat

Platform: Andana

Await: Esperar

Faithful: Fidel

11. Write one sentence with each word

Loyalty: The main feature of an Akita dog is its loyalty.

Platform: Professor Wilson found Hachi lost on the station platform.

Await: Hachi awaits professor Wilson every day for ten years at the railstation.

Faithful: Hachi was faithful to professor Wilson all this life.