An Akita puppy born in a Japanese monastery is being shipped to the United States. He goes right up to Parker Wilson (Richard Gere), who has just gotten off the train on his way home from his teaching job at a university. The professor assumes someone will be looking for this obviously purebred puppy, but the station manager (Jason Alexander) won't take responsibility for him and has no place to keep him. So Parker, who loves dogs, takes him home. he names him "Hachi" Parker tells his wife Cate (Joan Allen), who is unenthusiastic about having a new pet, that he won't keep him. Soon the man and the puppy are very attached to one another. Cate finally realizes that this four-legged newcomer needs to stay.The dog loved the professor that he accompanies him every day to the train station for his commute to work. At night, Hachi waits just outside the station doors for him to return for a joyous reunion and the walk home. he has had a stroke and died. Although his daughter (Sarah Roemer) and her family try to take care of the dog, he keeps escaping to return to the station to wait for his friend