A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of Oahu, Hawaii. Revealed in four chapters, it tells the
story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past. Incorporating
familial history and mythology, dream logic and surrealism, we see a time-shifting, kaleidoscopic
story of a fractured family facing the death of their patriarch that will take us from the high-rises of contemporary Honolulu to pre-WWII pastorals of Oahu.
Presented at the Sundance Film Festival.
I Was a Simple Man
2021
14 years
100 min.
Fiction
USA
USA, international festivals, history, death, memory, family
Colorido
Christopher Makoto Yogi
Christopher Makoto Yogi
Eunsoo Cho
Christopher Makoto Yogi
Steve Iwamoto, Constance Wu, Kanoa Goo, Chanel Akiko Hirai, Tim Chiou, Boonyanudh Jiyarom
Sarah S. Kim, Christopher Makoto Yogi, Matthew Petock, Yamato Cibulka
Flies Collective, Island Film Group
Alex Zhang Hungtai, Pierre Guerineau
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