Richard Gere was at the Rome Film Festival yesterday, promoting his recent film "Hachiko: A Dog's Story". The dog star of the movie joined him in front of the crowds on the red carpet.
The film is a remake of a Japanese movie about a faithful dog that died at the train station waiting for his owner. The dog is a Japanese Akita. Gere said that he "cried like a baby" when he read the script of his new movie in which he stars as the college professor who finds the abandoned dog and takes the poor lost animal in. The two soon form a strong and emotional bond.
The story is a legend in Japan but this time round the movie is set in Rhode Island. Gere said he would choke up when talking about the story and told a news conference "I was telling people over dinner, and I could only get half way through the story and I would start crying" "This is a love story," said Gere, "It has nothing to do with gender or species."
The film was released in the USA and Japan in the summer and is said to be "coming soon" to the UK. I will be looking out for it but, knowing me, I will be blubbing from start to finish!
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