I Was a Simple Man explained

I Was a Simple Man
Director:Christopher Makoto Yogi
Producer:Sarah Kim
Starring:
Music:
Cinematography:Eunsoo Cho
Editing:Christopher Makoto Yogi
Studio:
  • Talk Tree
  • Flies Collective
Distributor:Strand Releasing
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:United States
Gross:$12,669[1]

I Was a Simple Man is an American family drama film written and directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi.[2] The film stars Steve Iwamoto, Constance Wu, Tim Chiou and Kanoa Goo.

The film has its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 29, 2021, and received a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 19, 2021, by Strand Releasing.

Cast

The cast includes:[3]

Reception

The film won the Grand Jury Award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival.[4] It also won the Grand Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the Made in Hawai‘i Award at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival.[5] [6]

It was named the fourth best film of 2021 in the New Yorker Magazine, where film critic Richard Brody called it "one of the great films about death."[7] Roxana Hadadi wrote on RogerEbert.com that the film is a "100-minute spell of beauty and melancholy, intimate and grand in equal measure",[8] while David Ehrlich of IndieWire called it "masterful" and dubbed it a "Critics Pick".[9]

Notes and References

  1. 11741044 . I Was a Simple Man (2021) . December 17, 2021 .
  2. Web site: Filmmaker Christopher Makoto Yogi Visits Ghosts Of Memories Past In Familial Drama 'I Was A Simple Man' – Sundance Studio. Deadline Hollywood. Dino-Ray. Ramos. January 29, 2021. January 29, 2021.
  3. Web site: Film and TV Projects Going Into Production - I Was a Simple Man. . March 21, 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210321235322/https://www.varietyinsight.com/production_restart_full_view.php?track_id=186041 . March 21, 2021.
  4. Web site: 2021-11-06. ANNOUNCING THE 2021 SDAFF AWARD WINNERS. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211107171816/https://sdaff.org/2021/2021/11/06/announcing-the-2021-sdaff-award-winners/. 2021-11-07. 2021-11-07. 2021 San Diego Asian Film Festival. en-US.
  5. Web site: Le. Anderson. 2021-11-15. HIFF41 Announces Festival Award Winners Hawai'i International Film Festival. 2021-12-19. en-US.
  6. Web site: 37th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Announces Award Winners. 2021-12-19. 2021 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. en-US.
  7. 2021-12-02. The Best Movies of 2021. 2021-12-19. The New Yorker. en-US.
  8. Web site: Hadadi. Roxana. I Was a Simple Man movie review (2021) Roger Ebert. 2021-12-19. www.rogerebert.com/. en.
  9. Web site: Ehrlich. David. 2021-01-29. 'I Was a Simple Man' Review: Constance Wu Stars in a Hushed and Haunting Hawaii Ghost Story. 2021-12-19. IndieWire. en.

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