Why is the young Hachi shown meeting Parker at the end of the movie though Hachi is actually old?
At the end of "Hachi: A Dog's Tale", the old Hachi is shown waiting for Parker outside the train station on what turns out to be the last day of his life. When Parker comes out of the station, the old Hachi is shown lifting his head. But the dog that runs up and meets Parker is the young Hachi.
An explanation might be that Hachi, upon seeing Parker, felt young and energetic once again. But it seems to me that it might have been more poignant if the old Hachi was shown slowly walking down and meeting Parker, who then kneels down and hugs his dog. What does showing the young instead of the old Hachi add to that scene?
Best Answer
Hachi is dead at that point, as is Parker. Old Hachi dies, and as he does so, his "spirit"/"soul"/"consciousness" is presumably going to some dog equivalent of heaven where he sees his master and his spirit runs to him. In this dog heaven, presumably Hachi is no longer an old dog, and instead is young and energetic and will spend the rest of eternity with the spirit of Parker.
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If you look at the bigger picture as Hachi was clearly dying, the intent was to make it appear as Hachi's life was flashing before his ever so weak eyes experiencing for the last time all the joys he shared with Parker; therefore, of course Hachi would have seen himself as a young energetic dog once again and with his last dying breath.
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