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While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.


A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu telling the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.
Steve Iwamoto
Masao Matsuyoshi

Constance Wu
Grace

Tim Chiou
Adult Masao

Kanoa Goo
Gavin
Chanel Akiko Hirai
Kati

Hau'oli Carr
Ashley

Nelson Lee
Mark

Kyle Kosaki
Young Masao
Boonyanudh Jiyarom
Young Grace
Alexa Bodden
Young Kati
I Was a Simple Man is a drama film released in 2021. Directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi, it stars Steve Iwamoto, Constance Wu, Tim Chiou. A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu telling the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.
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