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I Was a Simple Man

Name: I Was a Simple Man
Genre: Drama
Released: 2021-11-19
Duration: 1 hr. 40 min.
Rating: 89
Cast: Steve Iwamoto, Constance Wu, Tim Chiou, Kanoa Goo, Chanel Akiko Hirai

2021, Drama, 1h 40m

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I Was a Simple Man tells a simple story whose deceptively straightforward approach yields richly melancholic rewards. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

I Was A Simple Man is a ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i. 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, I Was a Simple Man is 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 O'ahu and, finally, into the beyond.

Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Director: Christopher Makoto Yogi
Producer: Christopher Makoto Yogi, Sarah S. Kim, Matthew Petock, Yamato Cibulka
Writer: Christopher Makoto Yogi
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 19, 2021 limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.6K
Runtime: 1h 40m
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Flies Collective, Simple Man, Island Film Group
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)