The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert

95 mins | Drama, Western | Jan. 29, 1994

In the middle of the desert, a solipsistic Japanese-American woman, along with her elderly and paralysed friend Barbara, runs the Desert Rose Cafe. Things liven up with the arrival of a mafia henchman (whose boss is hiding out at a nearby ranch), a battered Japanse man (who turns out to be a terrific chef, but who also triggers Barbara's memories of internment during WWII), and an attack on the mob boss' camp.

The Painted Desert

95 mins | Drama, Western | Jan. 29, 1994

The Painted Desert
In the middle of the desert, a solipsistic Japanese-American woman, along with her elderly and paralysed friend Barbara, runs the Desert Rose Cafe. Things liven up with the arrival of a mafia henchman (whose boss is hiding out at a nearby ranch), a battered Japanse man (who turns out to be a terrific chef, but who also triggers Barbara's memories of internment during WWII), and an attack on the mob boss' camp.
Producers New Dawn Pictures, Shochiku Daiichi Kogyo
Original title ペインテッド・デザート
Directors Masato Harada
Writers Rebecca Ross, Masato Harada

Cast

James Gammon

as Al

Nobu McCarthy

as Sari Hatano

Kazuya Kimura

as Jiro

Priscilla Pointer

as Barbara

Don Keith Opper

as Montana

Ronald G. Joseph

as Scarface

Seidy López

as Freda

Wayne Pére

as Cosmo

Robert Apisa

as Bones

Rudy Diaz

as Griff

Daniel Zacapa

as Luigi

Andreas Katsulas

as Franco Vitalli

Linda Callahan

as Preacher's Wife

Carly Oates

as Rachel

Frank Sivero

as Johnny