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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox film

| name = I Was a Simple Man

| image = I Was a Simple Man.jpg

| alt = A poster featuring several people by a tree.

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Christopher Makoto Yogi

| producer = Sarah Kim

| writer = Christopher Makoto Yogi

| starring =

| music =

| cinematography = Eunsoo Cho

| editing = Christopher Makoto Yogi

| studio =

| distributor = Strand Releasing

| released =

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = United States

| language =

| budget =

| gross = $12,669

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'I Was a Simple Man' is an American family drama film written and directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi. 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.

Plot



Cast



The cast includes:

* Steve Iwamoto as Masao Matsuyoshi

* Constance Wu as Grace

* Tim Chiou as Adult Masao

* Kanoa Goo as Gavin

* Chanel Akiko Hirai as Kati

* Nelson Lee as Mark

* Hau'oli Carr as Ashley

* Kyle Kosaki as Young Masao

* Boonyanudh Jiyarom as Young Grace

Reception



The film won the Grand Jury Award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival. It also won the Grand Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and the Made in Hawaii Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival.

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." Roxana Hadadi wrote on 'RogerEbert.com' that the film is a "100-minute spell of beauty and melancholy, intimate and grand in equal measure", while David Ehrlich of 'IndieWire' called it "masterful" and dubbed it a "Critics Pick".

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