[video=youtube;L53sAVRZUE4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53sAVRZUE4[/video] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100424/ap_on_re_us/us_hero_dog[video=youtube;8FTwMaR2scY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FTwMaR2scY[/video]
My wife and I just watched this movie (based on a true story). Pretty good. Nice date, popcorn material. [video=youtube;FaS37E3gKOU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaS37E3gKOU[/video]
I visited the town in Japan where Hachiko lived -- he became quite a hero there. They even had a statue of him put up at the train station. The cynic in me wonders how much of that hero-building was an attempt by the Japanese government to push the "virtue" of lifelong loyalty and obedience onto their population, but the story of the dog himself is pretty heart-warming in a bittersweet kind of way.
Yeah, on the dvd's special features they said the statue is the most popular meeting place in all of Japan.
