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Desmond Nakano is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 1953
Desmond Nakano (born in 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter, film score composer, and actor. He is Sansei, or third-generation Japanese American. He directed the feature films, White Man's Burden (1995) and American Pastime (2007). His writing credits include the screenplays for the dramatic feature films Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), American Me (1992), White Man's Burden, and American Pastime.
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Desmond Nakano (born in 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter, film score composer, and actor. He is Sansei, or third-generation Japanese American. He directed the feature films, White Man's Burden (1995) and American Pastime (2007). His writing credits include the screenplays for the dramatic feature films Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), American Me (1992), White Man's Burden, and American Pastime.
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American Pastime (2007)
, 1h45Directed by Desmond Nakano
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Baseball films, Political films
Actors Gary Cole, Aaron Yoo, Jon Gries, Masatoshi Nakamura, Leonardo Nam, Judy Ongg
Rating64%
The first scene shows the life of the Nomura family, a typical American family of Japanese descent in 1941, composed of Japanese-born parents and American-born children (in this case, two sons, Lane and Lyle).
White Man's Burden (1995)
, 1h25Directed by Desmond Nakano
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about racism, Alternate history films
Actors John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery, Tom Bower, Andrew Lawrence
Rating52%
Louis Pinnock (John Travolta) is a struggling urban factory worker. In this alternative reality, it is a large underclass of white Americans who live in rundown, crime-infested ghettos and face prejudice from the broader society, while the comfortable middle and upper class is predominantly black.
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American Pastime (2007)
, 1h45Directed by Desmond Nakano
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Baseball films, Political films
Actors Gary Cole, Aaron Yoo, Jon Gries, Masatoshi Nakamura, Leonardo Nam, Judy Ongg
Roles Histoire
Rating64%
The first scene shows the life of the Nomura family, a typical American family of Japanese descent in 1941, composed of Japanese-born parents and American-born children (in this case, two sons, Lane and Lyle).
White Man's Burden (1995)
, 1h25Directed by Desmond Nakano
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about racism, Alternate history films
Actors John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery, Tom Bower, Andrew Lawrence
Roles Writer
Rating52%
Louis Pinnock (John Travolta) is a struggling urban factory worker. In this alternative reality, it is a large underclass of white Americans who live in rundown, crime-infested ghettos and face prejudice from the broader society, while the comfortable middle and upper class is predominantly black.
American Me (1992)
, 2h5Directed by Edward James Olmos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Prison films, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors William Forsythe, Edward James Olmos, Pepe Serna, Jacob Vargas, Eric Close, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Rating71%
The film depicts 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles. It focuses on Montoya Santana, a teen who, with his friends, J.D. (Steve Wilcox) and Mundo (Richard Coca), form their own gang. They soon find themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time and are arrested.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990)
, 1h42Directed by Uli Edel
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Jerry Orbach, Stephen Baldwin
Roles Auteur
Rating67%
A group of prostitutes, union workers, and drag queens all lead difficult lives within an existence of drugs, crime and violence in a working class Brooklyn neighborhood.
Black Moon Rising (1986)
, 1h40Directed by Harley Cokeliss
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, Richard Jaeckel, Lee Ving, Dan Shor
Rating55%
Sam Quint (Tommy Lee Jones) is a former thief hired by the FBI to steal a computer disk which contains incriminating evidence against The Lucky Dollar Corporation of Las Vegas. After stealing the disk, Quint is pursued by Marvin Ringer (Lee Ving), another former thief and acquaintance who works for the company. At the same time, a prototype vehicle called the Black Moon, which can reach speeds of 325 MPH and runs on tap water, is being tested in the desert by Earl Windom (Richard Jaeckel). Quint and Windom later cross paths at a gas station, where Quint hides the disk in the back bumper of the Black Moon. Windom is hauling the Black Moon to Los Angeles, and Quint, still being pursued by Ringer and his men, follows Windom and his team there.
Body Rock (1984)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Musical films
Actors Lorenzo Lamas, Cameron Dye, Michelle Nicastro, Grace Zabriskie, Tony Ganios, Ray Sharkey
Roles Story
Rating37%
Boulevard Nights (1979)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Pressman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Gangster films
Actors Marta DuBois, Carmen Zapata, Victor Millan, Daniel Zacapa, Mario Morales
Roles Writer
Rating65%
Boulevard Nights is a focus on life in a gang. The movie portrays the dangers of street violence. Richard Yniguez plays a young Chicano who tries to get out of the gang, but he keeps finding himself drawn back into it. Boulevard Nights is all about brotherhood and survival.