

Come See the Paradise
1990 · Movie · 2h 13m · R
DramaRomanceHistory
"In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Key crew
- Alan ParkerDirector
- Alan ParkerWriter
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dennis QuaidJack McGurn
- Tamlyn TomitaLily Kawamura
- Sab ShimonoMr. Kawamura
- Brady TsurutaniFrankie Kawamura
- Shizuko HoshiMrs. Kawamura
- Stan EgiCharlie Kawamura
- Ronald YamamotoHarry Kawamura
- Akemi NishinoDulcie Kawamura
- Naomi NakanoJoyce Kawamura
- Elizabeth GilliamYounger Mini McGann
- Shyree MezickMiddle Mini McGann
- Caroline Junko KingOlder Mini McGann
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Themes
new york cityworld war iiforbidden loveloveinterracial marriage1940s























