Green Dragon

6.2 (33 votes)• 2001• 115m•Released

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A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by other refugees in the camp and of Tai Tran, who dares to introduce himself to Sergeant Jim Lance. In developing a relationship with Lance, Tran is able to improve

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Languages: Vietnamese, English

Director: Timothy Linh Bui

Starring Cast: Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, Đơn Dương, Hiep Thi Le, Billinjer C. Tran, Kathleen Luong

Cast

Patrick Swayze

Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance

Forest Whitaker

Addie

Đơn Dương

Tai Tran

Hiep Thi Le

Thuy Hoa

Billinjer C. Tran

Duc (as Billinjer Tran)

Kathleen Luong

Second Wife

Phuoc Quan Nguyen

Loi

Long Nguyen

Quang Hai

Catherine Ai

Hien

Kieu Chinh

Kieu

Elyse Dinh

Red Cross Volunteer

Phong Atwood Vo

Man on Crutches (as Phong Vo)

John Gripentrog

American Server

Monique Letran

Q. Hai's Wife

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