Parker's Japanese college friend Ken inspires naming the pup Hachi(ko), and is pleasantly surprised when Parker successfully tackles the challenge to get it to fetch, which Akitas don't usually do.

Unarguably the most famous movie on dogs, Hachi is a tale of a dog Hachiko who is adopted by a professor and later forms an unbreakable bond with him. It is based on a true story about the dog Hachiko ...