August at Akiko's

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August at Akiko's

2018

1h 15m

Drama

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A musician who has returned to Hawaii after years abroad to search for his roots forms a bond with an elderly local woman.

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Guy Lodge

Variety

May 11, 2018

It's not heavy-imprint filmmaking, but its breezy, benevolent warmth stays with you after its immediate details begin to fade.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

May 11, 2018

Yet another bold proof of the first-shot principle, the notion that many great films can be recognized as such from their opening images.

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CJ Sheu

The News Lens International

Oct 29, 2022

This personal trauma is of a piece with the historical trauma of Hawai‘i.

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Ray Pride

Newcity

May 24, 2019

7/10

The gestures accumulate; cohere, into the incidental and essential anthropology of not regional, not local, but wholly personal picture-taking and moviemaking. (And sound-smithing.) And also: how little is just enough?

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steve c

@RT19610513 Jan 9, 2023

Shrug. It's one of those staged slice of life films.

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Dec 6, 2020

August at Akiko's is a beautifully filmed and moving spiritual cleanse. It's a comforting exploration of returning to one's roots, finding joy in simplicity, and learning that it's never too late to find inner peace amidst the madness of life.

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Synopsis

A musician who has returned to Hawaii after years abroad to search for his roots forms a bond with an elderly local woman.

Director: Christopher Makoto Yogi
Screenwriter: Christopher Makoto Yogi
Production Co: Hamakua Rain
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 28, 2019
Runtime: 1h 15m

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