A Tale of Mari and three Puppies

Just watched a Japanese film on TV3 this afternoon - “A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies”, a true story in the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake. I did not know this movie was shown and it has already half-way through when I started. But I just could not stop from crying since then. Sorry, it has been always like this if I watch any animal movie. Why? This is because all the animal films are always very touching ma. *_^

Searched through the internet, and this is the synopsis:

Aya (the little girl) has lost her mother, and her family took in a Shiba Inu puppy (one of my favourite breeds), named Mari. Mari gave birth to 3 puppies after a year. On the same day evening, a major earthquake struck the mountain village where she lives and devastated it. The grandfather of Mari’s family was home alone that day. Mari tried her very best in rescuing him. At the end, the villagers were evacuated by a helicopter. No choice, they had to leave Mari and her 3 puppies behind. The villagers then stayed in temporary housing in a neighboring city.
 

 There were continuous aftershocks and increased the dangers of landslide. Mari had to protect her puppies as a great mother. She’s tough! The 2 children to whom Mari belongs missed her so much and decided to go back to the village to find her secretly. Their father then went to search for them and had to bring them back to the rescue center because Aya was having high fever. After about 2 weeks, they went back to their village by helicopter with the hope of seeing Mari again. They could not find Mari after keep on calling and calling her name hundreds of times, they thought they would never see Mari again and felt extremely upset. But surprisingly, Mari and her puppies turned up alive!

Mari’s story has frequently been reported in the media and has also made into a book. 

Aya actually reminded me on how I cried for my previous dogs – Donny when he was euthanized and Happy, when he was missing. Will tell you more about these in future post. Now I have to go and watch the 1^st part of this film.