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CHRIS MAKOTO YOGI FILMMAKER/ARTIST. home; films. RECENT WORK; AUGUST AT AKIKO'S; I WAS A SIMPLE MAN ... Makoto: or, Honesty (2013) Obake (Ghosts) (2012)
Christopher Makoto Yogi is from Honolulu, Hawai‘i. His debut feature film, "August at Akiko's", had its World Premiere at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in 2018 to critical acclaim. Richard Brody in The New Yorker put it on his list of “Best Films of 2019”.
Christopher Makoto Yogi is known for I Was a Simple Man (2021), August at Akiko's (2018) and Layover, on the Shore (2009).
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Christopher Makoto Yogi, director of I Was a Simple Man, wields an understated, yet playful voice in his newest film. I Was a Simple Man , features an aged and ailing man, Masao (Steve Iwamoto) contending with the urbanization of Hawaii, his strained relationships with his children, and the appearance of a ghost from years before.
Mar 8, 2021 · Meet Christopher Makoto Yogi, writer-director of I WAS A SIMPLE MAN, which is playing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Pr...
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chris makoto yogi 🌊 (@makotoyogi) • Instagram photos and videos. 1,882 Followers, 1,347 Following, 236 Posts - chris makoto yogi 🌊 (@makotoyogi) on Instagram: "// @iwasasimpleman (@sundanceorg 2021) // a still place (2020) // @augustatakikos (@iffr 2018) // occasionally, i saw glimpses of hawaiʻi (2016) // 👁🍃".
Mar 3, 2022 · Memory, sorrow, and colonial fantasies continue to cycle anew in the filmmaker Christopher Makoto Yogi's oeuvre with startling artfulness.
