new york city,world war ii,forbidden love,love,interracial marriage,1940s

Come See the Paradise (1990)

Poster for Come See the Paradise

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
  • Profile picture of Dennis Quaid
    Jack McGurn Dennis Quaid
  • Profile picture of Tamlyn Tomita
    Lily Kawamura Tamlyn Tomita
  • Profile picture of Sab Shimono
    Mr. Kawamura Sab Shimono
  • Profile picture of Shizuko Hoshi
    Mrs. Kawamura Shizuko Hoshi
  • Profile picture of Stan Egi
    Charlie Kawamura Stan Egi
  • Profile picture of Caroline Junko King
    Older Mini McGann Caroline Junko King
  • Profile picture of Pruitt Taylor Vince
    Augie Farrell Pruitt Taylor Vince
  • Profile picture of Colm Meaney
    Gerry McGurn Colm Meaney

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Keywords

  • new york city
  • world war ii
  • forbidden love
  • love
  • interracial marriage
  • 1940s