中國翻拍《忠犬八公》，馮小剛主演！34年之後，還是忘不了小八...

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

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）將迎來中國版，並由中國著名電影製作人馮小剛和美籍華裔女演員、導演陳沖領銜主演。據《Variety》報道，電影已於3月18日開機，預計將於新年除夕與觀衆見面。

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隻狗狗和主人的深厚情感，這隻狗在主人死後的整整十年裏，每天都在主人過去經常下班的同一個地點等待主人……

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，只要看過這個故事，相信沒有人不被這隻可愛又忠誠的秋田犬的故事所打動：

我們都知道這是一個基於真實事件改編的故事，那對於現實中的“小八”，你又瞭解多少呢？

has some deep country roots
他有着深深的國家根源

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年出生於秋田縣大館市的這隻小狗，以當時30日元的價格被東京大學的農業系教授上野英三郎買下，當時的他正好在尋找一隻純種的秋田犬。小狗隨特快列車在20小時後抵達了東京。上野給小狗取名“小八”，8在日語中代表了好運，隨後加了後綴取名“八公”。

這些年來，大館市一直以自己是小八的故鄉爲豪：來到大館站，我們就會看到小八的雕塑映入眼簾，同時，他們還設立了公益社團法人秋田犬保存會。

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，小八輾轉於離澀谷幾英里遠的幾戶人家，但他總會跑回如今我們熟知的那個“地方”，每天等他的主人歸來。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，於是小八可以每天輕鬆地走去車站，等待主人，這一等就是十年。但令人難過的是，主人再也不會回來了……更叫人痛心的是，有傳言小八徘徊在車站時會被路人甚至一些小孩欺負。

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.
日本犬保存會主席的齊藤弘吉發現了小八，並把他的故事寫了下來，寄稿至東京《朝日新聞》，以“惹人憐愛的老犬故事”爲題刊登於報章上。故事深深觸動了讀者的心絃，小八很快成爲了一個全民偶像。他被追稱爲“八公”，以表示對他的奉獻與忠誠的尊敬，他也逐漸以“忠犬八公”的名字爲人所知。

小八於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年後，東京大學發起了一個項目，爲八公和他主人建造紀念碑，讓他們團聚。他們從社會各界人士處共計收到了1000萬日元的捐款，用以實現這場夢幻的“團聚”。人們可以在上野公園附近的東京大學校園內看到他們。