The true story of a dog named Hachiko, who would accompany his master to the train station everyday and return each afternoon to greet him after work, and continued to return to the same spot at the station every day for nine years after his master died.
In Depression-era Louisiana, an African-American boy sets out to find his father, who has been sent to a labor camp after stealing food for his starving family, and struggles to cope with the shooting death of the faithful family dog.