Asian Pop-Up Cinema | HACHIKO 忠犬八公 | China

DIRECTOR: Ang Xu

STARRING: Feng Xiaogang, Joan Chen

FILM SOURCE: CMC Pictures

Admission Free. RSVP is required.

Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the attendees will receive an individually wrapped moon cake after the screening, courtesy of the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago.  

SYNOPSIS:

The touching story about a loyal dog named Ba Tong who waited for the return of his owner for ten years after his owner's death. This film is a remake of Kaneto Shindo's 1987 Japanese film Hachikō Monogatari. The original film told the true story of the Akita dog named Hachikō who lived in Japan 1923-1935.

Though there was another remake made in 2009 but set in America, HACHIKO is set in Sichuan, starring two veteran filmmakers and is a Chinese adaptation of a story that will continue to capture the hearts of people all around the world.

ABOUT ASIAN POP-UP CINEMA

Presented by Sophia’s Choice, Asian Pop-Up Cinema (亞洲躍動電影展) (APUC), is a bi-annual Asian film festival in Chicago, providing a platform for specially curated Asian films in their original languages with English subtitles.

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Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtimes.

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