Come See the Paradise (1990)
August 17, 1990
Drama, Romance, History
2h 13m
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In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Jack McGurn Dennis Quaid
- Lily Kawamura Tamlyn Tomita
- Mr. Kawamura Sab Shimono
- Mrs. Kawamura Shizuko Hoshi
- Charlie Kawamura Stan Egi
- Older Mini McGann Caroline Junko King
- Augie Farrell Pruitt Taylor Vince
- Gerry McGurn Colm Meaney
Recommendations
Keywords
- new york city
- world war ii
- forbidden love
- love
- interracial marriage
- 1940s