Spencer Nakasako

Life is Cheap... But Toilet Paper is Expensive (1989)

A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wayne Wang
CAST:  Victor Wong  •  Cora Miao  •  Lo Lieh  •  Lo Wei

A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wayne Wang
CAST:  Victor Wong  •  Cora Miao  •  Lo Lieh  •  Lo Wei

A.K.A. Don Bonus (1995)

This diaristic documentary follows Sokly Ny, an under-priveledged and under-represented immigrant minority student, through his final year of high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ny, A.K.A. Don Bonus, provides commentary on his life, recounting the difficulty ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Nakasako  •  Sokly Ny
CAST:  Sokly Ny

This diaristic documentary follows Sokly Ny, an under-priveledged and under-represented immigrant minority student, through his final year of high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ny, A.K.A. Don Bonus, provides commentary on his life, recounting the difficulty ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Nakasako  •  Sokly Ny
CAST:  Sokly Ny

Kelly Loves Tony (1998)

A rare glimpse into the lives of two young people struggling to make their relationship work in the face of overwhelming obstacles like parenthood, gender issues and cultural and educational differences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Nakasako
CAST:  Tony Saelio  •  Kelly Saeteum

A rare glimpse into the lives of two young people struggling to make their relationship work in the face of overwhelming obstacles like parenthood, gender issues and cultural and educational differences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Nakasako
CAST:  Tony Saelio  •  Kelly Saeteum

Refugee (2003)

Mike Siv has a plan: go to Cambodia with his buddies Paul and David, see the sights, have fun and reunite with his father and younger brother, whom he hasn't seen in 22 years. Harsh reality sets in before the journey even begins, however, as Mike, Paul and David ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Nakasako
CAST:  David Mark  •  Mike Siv  •  Sophal Meas

Mike Siv has a plan: go to Cambodia with his buddies Paul and David, see the sights, have fun and reunite with his father and younger brother, whom he hasn't seen in 22 years. Harsh reality sets in before the journey even begins, however, as Mike, Paul and David ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Nakasako
CAST:  David Mark  •  Mike Siv  •  Sophal Meas

Monterey's Boat People (1982)

This film closely examines the tension between the established Italian fishing community and the recently arrived Vietnamese fishermen in California’s Monterey Bay peninsula. It documents a specific facet of anti-Asian sentiment and the conflicts faced by an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Nakasako  •  Vincent DiGirolamo
CAST: 

This film closely examines the tension between the established Italian fishing community and the recently arrived Vietnamese fishermen in California’s Monterey Bay peninsula. It documents a specific facet of anti-Asian sentiment and the conflicts faced by an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Nakasako  •  Vincent DiGirolamo
CAST: