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Hachi-ko

1987 · 107 min · Director: Seijirô Kôyama ★ IMDb 7.9 · 6,493 ratings

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The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death.

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Hachi-ko (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 40%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

20%Love
  1. Love20%
  2. Hope5%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Love. Genres: Drama, Family, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sympathy
  • Sadness
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Sympathy
Sadness
Love
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 13 %, then peaks around 53 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathySadnessLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension25 %8 %10 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness30 %15 %18 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor40 %25 %19 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Sympathy50 %31 %16 %26 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor49 %24 %20 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Sadness46 %23 %24 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Love50 %25 %11 %48 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Love59 %21 %0 %59 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Love65 %23 %1 %65 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Love68 %34 %20 %54 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Sadness73 %47 %48 %37 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
62.5 %≈ 67′Sadness77 %68 %75 %37 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Sadness75 %69 %70 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Sympathy77 %73 %70 %32 %
77.5 %≈ 83′Sadness83 %79 %78 %44 %
82.5 %≈ 88′Sadness88 %85 %85 %58 %
87.5 %≈ 94′Sadness88 %86 %83 %56 %
92.5 %≈ 99′Sympathy86 %85 %75 %47 %
97.5 %≈ 104′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

TY
Toshirô Yanagiba

TO
Toshinori Omi

Ogata

MI
Mako Ishino

Chizuko Ueno

MH
Masumi Harukawa

Okichi

Taiji Tonoyama

Hashimoto

YK
Yoshi Katō

Kondo

SI
Shigeru Izumiya

Yasui

KY
Kei Yamamoto

Serizawa

KU
Kumeko Urabe

Tobacco Shop Owner

CT
Choei Takahashi

Mase

SK
Shiro Kishibe

Customer

HK
Hairi Katagiri

Oyoshi, maid

Hisashi Igawa

Maekawa

SI
Saburo Ishikura

Machida

TT
Takahiro Tamura

Furukawa

HN
Hiroyuki Nagato

SY
Shingo Yamashiro

NM
Norihei Miki

Details

Directed by
Seijirô Kôyama
Written by
Kaneto Shindô, Kaneto Shindō
Type
Movies
Released
1987
Runtime
107 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.9 · 6,493 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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