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Desmond Nakano

Film Director / Actor / Screenwriter | * 1953 (71) | United States of America (United States of America (USA))
Desmond Nakano (born 1953) is an American screenwriter and film director. 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). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Music | Documentaries

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The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, lov ...

White Man's Burden

R

1995 | 2.6/5 | 1h 29min
Drama
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American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. Rounded up and uprooted from their everyday lives, they remained loyal to the United Sta ...

American Pastime

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2007 | 3.6/5 | 1h 45min
Drama
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An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else. ...

Black Moon Rising

R

1986 | 2.8/5 | 1h 40min
Action, Science Fiction
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A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude. ...

Heartbreak Ridge

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1986 | 3.4/5 | 2h 10min
War, Action, Comedy, Drama
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Movies with Desmond Nakano as Actor(1)

as himself2017 Betty: They Say I’m Different

Movies with Desmond Nakano as Crew(9)

Directing/Director2007 American Pastime
Directing/Director1995 White Man's Burden
Writing/Writer1995 White Man's Burden
Writing/Screenplay1992 American Me
Writing/Screenplay1989 Last Exit to Brooklyn
Writing/Screenplay1986 Black Moon Rising
Writing/Story1984 Body Rock
Writing/Screenplay1984 Body Rock
Writing/Writer1979 Boulevard Nights

Full Name: Desmond Nakano
Born: 1953 in United States of America (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 71 years)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Desmond Nakano frequently works together with these people:
Edward James Olmos (3x, Actor)
John Carpenter (3x, Crew)
Floyd Mutrux (3x, Crew)
Antoinette Levine (2x, Crew)
Lalo Schifrin (2x, Crew)
Joe Aubel (2x, Crew)
Hubert Selby Jr. (2x, Actor)
Steve Wilcox (2x, Actor)
Claude Gaudette (2x, Crew)
Brian E. Frankish (2x, Crew)
Annie Maniscalco (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:197318, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024