Short started production in 2002 at Liuli Gonfang Studio ( became A HHA studios in 2009 ) and eventually released as
an adobe flash in 2005 . CGI slightly expanded remake finished in 2014. ( name of 2005 production due to pup having a black rear end ) .
Story was intended to be a quartet about the pup but that idea was changed to a feature film with four stories about four different dogs. About four dogs. This accounts for the different endings of the 2005 and 2014 stories, Tale is of boy who twice mistreats a pup on a rain soaked street in a business center
and later has remorse and tries to find him . 2014 version has a less heart breaking conclusion than earlier simply animated version.
Final CGI product never got financing . Showed in a Chinese film festival. Later included as initial segment of A Dog's Life completed in 2017 by director/writer Chang Yi.
Four stories of the film feature were super sad and not anything like entertainment for a general public. Studio went under sometime between 2011 and 2019 . Feature film got limited release in Taiwan only may never have streamed anywhere. Unknown in The U S and Europe The Buddhist subtext here is learn from bad experiences and get on with your life., my view is hold onto your sadness never move on.
Can't believe the shorts and later full length film were financial failures and are not available anywhere. All three are at the very top of my favorite films.
See my full review of A Dog's Life 2017.
Story was intended to be a quartet about the pup but that idea was changed to a feature film with four stories about four different dogs. About four dogs. This accounts for the different endings of the 2005 and 2014 stories, Tale is of boy who twice mistreats a pup on a rain soaked street in a business center
and later has remorse and tries to find him . 2014 version has a less heart breaking conclusion than earlier simply animated version.
Final CGI product never got financing . Showed in a Chinese film festival. Later included as initial segment of A Dog's Life completed in 2017 by director/writer Chang Yi.
Four stories of the film feature were super sad and not anything like entertainment for a general public. Studio went under sometime between 2011 and 2019 . Feature film got limited release in Taiwan only may never have streamed anywhere. Unknown in The U S and Europe The Buddhist subtext here is learn from bad experiences and get on with your life., my view is hold onto your sadness never move on.
Can't believe the shorts and later full length film were financial failures and are not available anywhere. All three are at the very top of my favorite films.
See my full review of A Dog's Life 2017.
