Mari and AyaHubby and I watched a very touching movie on DVD late last night. It was "A tale of Mari and the three puppies" (マリと子犬の物語) and I cried so much that my eyes were swollen the whole day today. So glad it's Sunday and we do not have plans to go out anyway.
The movie is based on a true story which happened to a dog named Mari and her 3 puppies during the 2004 earthquake in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The movie version of the story is a little more dramatic with added characters such as a little girl and her elder brother but the fact that Mari helped saved her owner is well depicted in the touching movie. I definitely recommend all dogs lovers to watch this movie!
The movie started out with Ryota and his little sister Aya walking home from school in their village and chance upon Mari when she was a deserted puppy. Aya fell in love with Mari immediately and thus started their owner-pet relationship. A year later, Mari became mother to 3 very cute puppies but then tragedy struck the village. A severe earthquake struck the village, collapsing almost all the houses. Aya and her grandfather was in the bedroom when the earthquake struck, Mari and her puppies were outside. The roof collapsed on Aya and her grandfather immobilising them under. Mari dug at the ruins trying to help them out until her paws bled. She kept licking her owners encouraging them not to give up and also barked for help when the rescuers came. Aya and her grandfather were saved but the rescuers couldn't take Mari and her puppies because of the severe conditions...that was when I cried the most. :(
In the end when the conditions turned better, they went back to find Mari and her puppies. Somehow, they survived and it was a happy ending but the story was really touching, so my tears kept rolling down. Below are some scenes from the movie...Enjoy~!
Mari when she is adult with her puppies
Mari's 3 puppies...so cute!
1 comment:
I read about this movie in a magazine (but it wasn't shown here), and a HK friend and I happened to be talking about it shortly after the Sichuan earthquake. At that time I was thinking, "If it's a sad ending for the dogs I don't think I have the heart to watch this..." (after hearing and reading about all the sad stories in the news). Thanks for sharing on this, hope I can buy a VCD/DVD of this.
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