Text/Xiao Guanping
I adapted the ending of Hachiko the Faithful Dog into a thriller story with a butterfly effect.
Little Eight had a premonition that the professor was going to have an accident that morning, and tried his best not to let the professor go to work, but he could not communicate with human language, so he could only dissuade the professor by shouting, but it was useless.
The dog was impatient, holding the ball that had been idle at home for a long time, and chased the professor to the train station, letting the professor play with it and doing what he never cared to do. It wanted to get the professor's attention in this anomalous state.
The professor had previously asked the pet doctor why my dog didn't like to play with balls. The doctor said that this kind of Akita dog naturally does not like to play with balls, thinking that this is what stupid dogs do. This laid the groundwork for the subsequent plot.
The professor was really surprised to see Xiao Eight's abnormal behavior, so he played with the ball with him for a while. And Xiao Eight has been pestering the professor to play with the ball, not letting the professor go, trying to delay the train time so that the professor cannot go to class.
In the process of playing with the ball, the professor threw the ball too hard, causing heart pain, so he stopped playing with the ball and let XiaoBa hurry home. The professor got stuck and caught the train to work.
Little Eight did not achieve his wish, biting the ball and sadly watching the professor leave. Before leaving, the professor also agreed with it to come back at five o'clock in the afternoon to play with it.
The professor suffered a heart attack during the course of teaching. The doctor diagnosed that the professor did not know what he had done today, and that too much force had led to a worsening heart attack and could not be rescued.
Originally, because of the dog's sixth sense, Xiao Ba wanted to use the ball to retain the professor and prevent the professor from having an accident, but he did not expect that it would indirectly lead to the professor's situation.
I tried to save you, but you died because of me. Isn't it like the story of Orpheus and Eurydice? The fate caused by the butterfly effect is sad and cruel, but it seems to be a fateful ending.
As a person who likes to write dark stories, I often create this kind of ancient Greek tragedy, probably because I have watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Jin Yong novels, Osamu Tezuka manga and ancient Greek mythology.
Compared with the American version of "Hachiko in the Faithful Dog" and the Japanese version, the plot is compact and smooth, and the combination of images and sound effects is seamless, which makes the audience very moved, but it does not tell the professor and xiaoba's plain and real life. The Japanese version focuses on the description of daily life, and the overall tone is warm and idyllic.
The two movies have their own advantages, the American version because of the simple plot, bright rhythm, stronger tear-inducing effect, in line with the audience's aesthetic taste, so the score of Douban is slightly higher than the Japanese version.
In order to pursue a real sense of life and artistry, the Japanese version has a slightly slower plot, but the story is more complete and more in line with the spirit of the original work.
I have only written a Film Review of the Japanese version of "The Tale of Hachiko the Loyal Dog" "A dog, I will only fall in love with one owner in my life", and I think I should write something for the American version.
But the American version has long become a classic movie, well known to the audience, and the plot analysis is not new, so he wrote out his own adapted plot, and did not expect the ending to be so cruel.
Not only is I fond of writing tragic stories, but also because I love this movie so much.
2020/5/19 First draft revised on 10/14/2021