Hachiko Monogatari (1987)

Director: Seijirô Kôyama. Cast: Kaoru Yachigusa, Mako Ishino, Masumi Harukawa. Hachikō Monogatari  is a Japanese language film starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mako Ishino and Masumi Harukawa. The film, directed by Seijirō Kōyama, is a tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after his (Ueno's) death. The film was released in 1987 and was the top Japanese film at the box office that year.Hachikō Monogatari is a melodramatic film that tells the true story of friendship, trust...

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Cast Away (2000)

Director: Robert Zemeckis.  Cast: Paul Sanchez, Lari White, Leonid Citer. Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his successful attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo, as well as his eventual escape and return to societ...

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Touching the Void

Director: Kevin Macdonald. Cast: Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Richard Hawking. Touching the Void is a 2003 documentary film based on the book of the same name by Joe Simpson about Simpson's and Simon Yates' disastrous and near fatal attempt to climb the 6,344 metre (20,813 foot) Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 198...

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remember the titans

Director: Boaz Yakin. Cast: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris. Remember the Titans is a 2000 American sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. Inspired by real events, the plot was conceived from a screenplay written by Gregory Allen Howard. The film starts as a new coach of the Titans, a football team previously coached by the white Bill Yoast, begins coaching the team. The new coach, Herman Boone, is black, and his team is a mixture of black players and white players. The struggles that arise from the racial diversity are profound. Actor Will...

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Field of Dreams (1989)

Director: Phil Alden Robinson.  Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann. Field of Dreams is a 1989 American drama-sports-fantasy film directed and adapted by Phil Alden Robinson from the novel Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella. The film stars Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, James Earl Jones, Frank Whaley, and Burt Lancaster in his last major film appearance.Field of Dreams was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Music, Original Score and Best Pictu...

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