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Hatchi: A Dog

Hachi: A Dog's Tale(2009)
Released
2009 · FILM

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

When widowed professor Parker adopts a stray Akita puppy despite his wife's objections, he must fight skepticism and personal loss to forge an unbreakable bond that proves loyalty can heal even the deepest wounds.

“A true story of faith, devotion and undying love.”

Directed by
Lasse Hallstrom
Written by
Stephen P Lindsey, Kaneto Shindo
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
93 min
BiographyDramaFamily

Synopsis

Professor Wilson finds a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite his wife's objections, Hachi wins the family's affection and becomes Parker's devoted companion. As their connection deepens, a meaningful relationship develops.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 39

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Kristina BodenShot by Ron FortunatoScored by Jan A P KaczmarekDesigned by Chad Detwiller

Box Office

2009 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$46.8M

Budget$16.0M
Worldwide gross$46.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $46.7M — 100% of worldwide · International: $52K (0%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Hachiko - Eine wunderbare Freundschaftde
  • Hachiko: A Dog's Storyen
  • Siempre a tu lado, Hachikoes
  • Hatchifr
  • Hachiko - Il tuo migliore amicoit

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