Project Author: David Mills
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Scion Films, Stage 6 Films, Inferno Distribution, Hachiko, Grand Army Entertainment, Opperman Viner Chrystyn Entertainment
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
A true story of faith, devotion and undying love.
Genre:
Drama, Family
Runtime:
93
Released:
2009
Rating:
8.012
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Stephen P. Lindsey, Jason Mayoh, Kaneto Shindō
FILM OVERVIEW
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
A drama based on the true story of a college professor’s bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
DIRECTOR
Lasse Hallström
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Stephen P. Lindsey (Screenplay)
Lasse Hallström (Director)
Skip Shea (Stand In)
Ron Fortunato (Director of Photography)
Julia Blackman (Executive Producer)
Tom Luse (Co-Executive Producer)
LuAnn Claps (Makeup Department Head)
Jeff Abberley (Executive Producer)
Kristina Boden (Editor)
Richard Gere (Producer)
CAST MEMBERS
Richard Gere
Joan Allen
Sarah Roemer
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Erick Avari
Robbie Sublett
Davenia McFadden
Jason Alexander
Kevin DeCoste
Robert Degnan
MORE PRODUCTION
Shin Torisawa (Producer), Warren T. Goz (Executive Producer), Jim Seibel (Executive Producer), Rick Montgomery (Casting), Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (Original Music Composer), Paul Mason (Executive Producer), Deborah Newhall (Costume Design), Robert Fernandez (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Dave Paterson (Supervising Sound Editor), Gioia Birkett-Foa (Boom Operator), Bill Johnson (Producer), Paul A. Levin (Associate Producer), Stewart McMichael (Executive Producer), Robert Ortiz (Unit Production Manager), Peter Wilcox (Construction Coordinator), Lyndell Quiyou (Key Hair Stylist), John Ruggieri (Special Effects Coordinator), David Isyomin (Visual Effects Supervisor), Damian Volpe (Sound Effects Editor), Roberto Cappannelli (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Jason Mayoh (Storyboard), Nichole Pleau (Makeup Artist), Cammeron Truesdale (Scenic Artist), Sally Swisher (Music Editor), Bruce MacCallum (Camera Operator), Francis Spieldenner (Steadicam Operator), Robin Squibb (Script Supervisor), William L. Flanagan (Grip), Caspar von Winterfeldt (Thanks), Joseph Battista (Grip), Craig Gleason (Electrician), Liz Gallacher (Music Supervisor), Eric Engler (Grip), John W. DeBlau (Gaffer), Steven Feinberg (Thanks), Al Conti (Stand In), Matthew Haasch (Foley Editor), Sondra James (Loop Group Coordinator), Rachel Chancey (Foley Supervisor), Cara Giallanza (First Assistant Director), Mary Ellen Porto (Dialogue Editor), Sylvia Menno (Dialogue Editor), Anton Gold (Sound Mixer), Aimee Butterfield (Set Dresser), Mary Ellen Porto (ADR Editor), Chad Detwiller (Production Design), Vicki Shigekuni Wong (Producer), Dean Schnider (Co-Producer), Dwight Opperman (Associate Producer), Steph Accetta (Unit Production Manager), Julie Chrystyn (Associate Producer), Stephen E. Hagen (Second Assistant Director), Michael Viner (Associate Producer), Kaneto Shindō (Original Film Writer), Samuel H. Frankel (Co-Executive Producer)
MORE CAST
Tora Hallström, Donna Sorbello, Frank S. Aronson, Troy Doherty, Ian Sherman, Timothy Crowe, Denece Ryland, Blake Friedman, Bates Wilder, Daniel Kirby, Gloria Crist, Rich Tretheway, Tom Tynell, Robert Capron, Becki Dennis, John Franchi, Adam Masnyk, Roy Souza
