A college professor bonds with an abandoned dog he takes into his home. An official festival selection. Richard Gere and Joan Allen leads, opposite Sarah Roemer, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Frick Avari, and Jason Alexander. Lasse Hallström directs from the screenplay by Stephen P. Lindsey; Based on the 1987 Shochiku motion picture "Hachi-ko". Produced by Vicki Shigekuni Wong, Bill Johnson and Gere; Executive Producers: Jim Seibel, Paul Mason, Jeff Abberley and Julia Blackman. an Inferno production, produced with Hachiko, LLC, Grand Army Entertainment, LLC and Opperman Viner Chrystyn Entertainment, for Stage 6 Films.