Ekugcineni, ngemuva kwamahlazo athile, uRichard Gere usezindabeni zokuthile okuhlobene nomhlaba we-cinema. Umlingisi uzolingisa futhi akhiqize ifilimu iHachiko: Indaba yenja, idrama ezoqala ukuqoshwa ngoSepthemba, ngokusho kwemininingwane ekhishwe yiVarity.
Le filimu exhaswe ngabakwa-Inferno Enternaiment nayo izophrojuswa nguBill Johnson noVicky Shigekuni Wong. Igama lomqondisi belingakaveli.
Kule filimu, uGere uzodlala uthisha, olanda inja elahliwe emgwaqweni. Lapho kuzoqala ubudlelwano obukhetheke kakhulu, obuzoshintsha uthisha kanye nesilwane.