Desmond Nakano Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter

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American Pastime

Crew: Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Gary Cole, Leonardo Nam, Aaron Yoo, Masatoshi Nakamura, Judy Ongg

Synopsis: Gary Cole, Aaron Yoo, John Gries, and Judy Ongg star in an inspirational small town drama exploring the lingering effects of World War II on Japanese-American citizens struggling to overcome lingering hostilities and be accepted in country they now call home. The Nomuras are a typical American Read More

2007
Hubert Selby Jr: It'll Be Better Tomorrow

Actors: Robert Downey, Jr., Hubert Selby, Jr., Lou Reed, Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto

Synopsis: Hubert Selby Jr. was a powerful and influential literary figure whose best-known novels, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream, dealt with the dark underside of life in a way that was bleak and often shocking, but also laced with compassion and understanding for the tortured lives of his Read More

2005
White Man's Burden

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery, Tom Bower

Synopsis: From director-writer Desmond Nakano comes this unusual role-reversal picture examining racism from a different perspective. Louis Pinnock (John Travolta) is a semi-literate worker in a chocolate candy factory. One day he makes a delivery to the mansion of wealthy Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte). Read More

1995
American Me

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Danny De La Paz, Evelina Fernandez

Synopsis: Edward J. Olmos made his directorial bow with the powerhouse crime saga American Me. Olmos stars as street-gang leader Santana, who during his 18 years in Folsom Prison rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending Read More

3/13/92
Last Exit to Brooklyn

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Jerry Orbach

Synopsis: Hubert Selby's controversial 1964 cult novel Last Exit To Brooklyn is adapted to the big screen by director Ulrich Edel in this drama. The story is set in the early 1950s in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blighted waterfront town of boarded-up storefronts and striking factory workers. Harry Black (Stephen Lang Read More

5/2/90
Black Moon Rising

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, Richard Jaeckel, Lee Ving

Synopsis: A John Carpenter story served as the launching pad for Black Moon Rising. Veteran thief Quint (Tommy Lee Jones) is hired by the FBI to steal some politically volatile computer tapes. The owners of the tapes are displeased, and begin chasing Quint all over the countryside. Just when he's about to Read More

1/10/86
Body Rock

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, Vicki Frederick, Ray Sharkey, Michelle Nicastro

Synopsis: Meant to cash in on the breakdancing mania of the early 1980s, this run-of-the-mill teen movie is undercut by casting Lorenzo Lamas in the role of Chilly D, a breakdancing king, while Magick (La Ron A. Smith) who teaches Chilly the fine art of the acrobatic moves is a real pro. Once Chilly has Read More

1984
Boulevard Nights

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Richard Yniguez, Danny De La Paz, Marta Du Bois, James Victor, Betty Carvalho

Synopsis: A focus on life in a gang, Boulevard Nights 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. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide Read More

1979