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 Commuting by train, music professor Parker Wilson finds an Akita puppy, whose cage broke unnoticed during shipping, leaving his destination unknown, and since the station cant care for it and the dog catcher warns even such cute ones may not be adopted in the two weeks allowed, he kindly takes it home. His bossy, jealous wife Cate initially makes Parker swear it wont stay, but by the time its clear nobody will claim him and an adoption candidate is found, she agrees to keep the dog, who won over their daughter Andy and her fiance Michael at first sight. Parkers Japanese college friend Ken inspires naming the pup Hachi(ko), and is pleasantly surprised when Parker successfully tackles the challenge to get it to fetch, which Akitas dont usually do. Hachi makes a habit of waiting for his equally doting master at the station every evening, but after a cardiac crisis, Parker dies. Hachi refuses to accept this, being moved to Michaels home as Cate moves out, waiting for a master who can never come home again, by now collectively adopted by sympathizing town-folk. The story is told in flashbacks as class assignment my hero by Michaels teen son Robbie, who also gets an Akita puppy.
A schoolboy reports on his hero: Hachiko, his grandfathers dog. In a flashback, a puppy at a Japanese monastery is crated and sent to the US. The crates tag tears, and when the puppy pushes his way out of the crate at the train station of a small Rhode Island town, Parker Wilson, a professor of music in nearby Providence, takes the dog home for the night. His wife isnt happy about it, but after failing to find the owner, she lets the dog stay. A Japanese friend reads the dogs tag - "Hachiko" or "Eight," a lucky number. Parker cant teach the dog to fetch, but the friend explains that the dog will forge a different kind of loyalty. Tragedy tests that loyalty.
 
		 Richard Gere 
 Parker Wilson
 
		 Joan Allen 
 Cate Wilson
 
		 Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa 
 Ken
 
		 Sarah Roemer 
 Andy
 
		 Jason Alexander 
 Carl
 
		 Erick Avari 
 Jasjeet
 
		 Davenia McFadden 
 Mary Anne
 
		 Robbie Sublett 
 Michael
 
		 Kevin DeCoste 
 Ronnie (11 Years)
 
		 Rob Degnan 
 Teddy Barnes
 
		 Tora Hallström 
 Heather
 
		 Donna Sorbello 
 Myra
 
		 Frank S. Aronson 
 Milton - The Butcher
 
		 Troy Doherty 
 Sal
 
		 Ian Sherman 
 Student Pianist
 
		 Timothy Crowe 
 Evan Lock
 
		 Denece Ryland 
 Miss Latham
 
		 Blake Friedman 
 Student
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