很多人都說(shuō)，《忠犬八公》是一部不忍心看第二遍的電影。在日版和美版之后，這部催人淚下，講述人類和狗狗終極羈絆的電影，將迎來(lái)中國(guó)版：

Hollywood star Richard Gere-led 2009 drama 'Hachi: A Dog's Tale' is getting a Chinese remake with famous Chinese filmmaker Feng Xiaogang and Chinese-American actor-director Joan Chen attached to play pivotal parts. According to Variety, the movie started production on March 18 and is scheduled to premiere on New Year's Eve.
好萊塢影星理查·基爾主演的《忠犬八公的故事》（2009）將迎來(lái)中國(guó)版，并由中國(guó)著名電影制作人馮小剛和美籍華裔女演員、導(dǎo)演陳沖領(lǐng)銜主演。據(jù)《Variety》報(bào)道，電影已于3月18日開機(jī)，預(yù)計(jì)將于新年除夕與觀眾見面。

The story focuses on a strong bond between a dog and his owner that the canine continues to await his master at the same downtown spot, where he used to get off work, every day for an entire decade after the man dies.
忠犬八公的故事講述了一只狗狗和主人的深厚情感，這只狗在主人死后的整整十年里，每天都在主人過去經(jīng)常下班的同一個(gè)地點(diǎn)等待主人……

Feng will essay the role of the master, while Chen is set to play his character's wife.
馮小剛將扮演主人，陳沖則飾演電影中他的妻子。

87年的日版和09年的美版均入選豆瓣電影TOP250，只要看過這個(gè)故事，相信沒有人不被這只可愛又忠誠(chéng)的秋田犬的故事所打動(dòng)：

我們都知道這是一個(gè)基于真實(shí)事件改編的故事，那對(duì)于現(xiàn)實(shí)中的“小八”，你又了解多少呢？

01.He has some deep country roots
他有著深深的國(guó)家根源

He was born in Odate City in Akita Prefecture in 1923, the newborn pup was sold for ￥30 (a sizeable sum at the time) to Hidesaburo Ueno, an agricultural scientist at the University of Tokyo who was looking for a pure-bred Akita-inu ('Akita dog'). He was put on an express train and arrived in Tokyo 20 hours later. Ueno named the pup Hachi after the number eight, which is considered lucky in Japanese – the 'ko' was added later.
1923年出生于秋田縣大館市的這只小狗，以當(dāng)時(shí)30日元的價(jià)格被東京大學(xué)的農(nóng)業(yè)系教授上野英三郎買下，當(dāng)時(shí)的他正好在尋找一只純種的秋田犬。小狗隨特快列車在20小時(shí)后抵達(dá)了東京。上野給小狗取名“小八”，8在日語(yǔ)中代表了好運(yùn)，隨后加了后綴取名“八公”。

這些年來(lái)，大館市一直以自己是小八的故鄉(xiāng)為豪：來(lái)到大館站，我們就會(huì)看到小八的雕塑映入眼簾，同時(shí)，他們還設(shè)立了公益社團(tuán)法人秋田犬保存會(huì)。

02.He was bullied
他曾被欺凌

After Ueno's death in 1925, Hachi was given away and forced to hop between several homes miles away from Shibuya, but he kept running back to the now-famous spot where he used to meet his owner every day. Eventually, he settled at the home of Kikuzaburo Kobayashi, Ueno's former gardener. Kobayashi’s house was in Tomigaya (close to Ueno's previous home and within walking distance of Shibuya), so the pup could easily make his daily walk to the station. He continued to do this for about 10 years, patiently waiting for Ueno to come home. Sadly, there are several stories about how Hachi was beaten and bullied by pedestrians and even children while he lingered around the station.
1925年，上野去世，小八輾轉(zhuǎn)于離澀谷幾英里遠(yuǎn)的幾戶人家，但他總會(huì)跑回如今我們熟知的那個(gè)“地方”，每天等他的主人歸來(lái)。最終，他被上野教授的前園丁小林菊三郎收留，園丁的家就在上野教授原住處的附近，于是小八可以每天輕松地走去車站，等待主人，這一等就是十年。但令人難過的是，主人再也不會(huì)回來(lái)了……更叫人痛心的是，有傳言小八徘徊在車站時(shí)會(huì)被路人甚至一些小孩欺負(fù)。

03.His story went viral in 1932
1932年，他的故事，火了

When Hirokichi Saito, the chairman of the Nihon Ken Hozonkai (The Association for the Preservation of the Japanese Dog) found out about Hachi and his story, Saito published an article in Asahi Shimbun newspaper about how the poor pup was being mistreated. The story naturally tugged at readers' heartstrings and Hachi quickly became a public icon. The 'ko' was added to the end of Hachi’s name around this time to show respect for his devotion and loyalty, and he gradually became known as Hachiko.
日本犬保存會(huì)主席的齊藤弘吉發(fā)現(xiàn)了小八，并把他的故事寫了下來(lái)，寄稿至東京《朝日新聞》，以“惹人憐愛的老犬故事”為題刊登于報(bào)章上。故事深深觸動(dòng)了讀者的心弦，小八很快成為了一個(gè)全民偶像。他被追稱為“八公”，以表示對(duì)他的奉獻(xiàn)與忠誠(chéng)的尊敬，他也逐漸以“忠犬八公”的名字為人所知。

小八于1935年離世，享年11歲。

Eighty years after the canine’s death, The University of Tokyo initiated a project to build a memorial statue to reunite Hachiko and his owner. More than ￥10 million in donations was raised from individuals and companies in order to realize the fictional reunion. You can find it on The University of Tokyo’s campus, just next to Ueno Park.
在小八去世80年后，東京大學(xué)發(fā)起了一個(gè)項(xiàng)目，為八公和他主人建造紀(jì)念碑，讓他們團(tuán)聚。他們從社會(huì)各界人士處共計(jì)收到了1000萬(wàn)日元的捐款，用以實(shí)現(xiàn)這場(chǎng)夢(mèng)幻的“團(tuán)聚”。人們可以在上野公園附近的東京大學(xué)校園內(nèi)看到他們。

來(lái)源：滬江英語(yǔ)