Christopher Makoto Yogi

Obake

Christopher Makoto Yogi

James Chan, Aly Ishikuni

Living out his last days in the north shore of Hawaii, an old Japanese man is visited by the ghosts of his past.

August at Akiko's

Christopher Makoto Yogi

Alex Zhang Hungtai, Akiko Masuda

Musician Alex sets off to an island to find his ancestral home with only childhood memories as his navigational system. As he fails to find his home, he reaches a retreat run by a Buddhist woman, Akiko, where he decides to stay for a while. Over a course of few weeks, they share a special spiritual bond out of music and therapeutic techniques.

Makoto: or, Honesty

Christopher Makoto Yogi

The filmmaker travels home to Hawaii to confront the death of his father, and finds peace through the simple act of talking.

Occasionally, I Saw Glimpses of Hawai'i

Christopher Makoto Yogi

An audio-visual collage looking at 100 years of Hollywood representation of Hawai'i.

I Was a Simple Man

Christopher Makoto Yogi

Steve Iwamoto, Constance Wu

A ghost story set in the pastoral countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Told in four chapters, it tells the story of an elderly man facing the end of his life, visited by the ghosts of his past.

Maps

Christopher Makoto Yogi

A young traveler decides to sneak into a bookstore after hours for an overnight stay.

November Ninth, We Stayed Up Late

Christopher Makoto Yogi

After a night of drinking in Los Angeles, Mark and Natalie, two transplants from Hawaii, retire to a friend's apartment where their drunken discussion touches upon notions of art, loneliness, and the inability to communicate.

a still place

Christopher Makoto Yogi

A meditation session beginning just before dawn and continuing in real time as the sun rises.