1990
6.2 (55 votes)
2h 13m
Official Website
Genres
Drama
Romance
History
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Come See the Paradise
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.
Key Crew
Director: Alan Parker
Producer: Robert F. Colesberry
Director of Photography: Michael Seresin
Writer: Alan Parker
Top Cast
Dennis Quaid
Jack McGurn
Tamlyn Tomita
Lily Kawamura
Sab Shimono
Mr. Kawamura
Brady Tsurutani
Frankie Kawamura
Shizuko Hoshi
Mrs. Kawamura
Stan Egi
Charlie Kawamura
Ronald Yamamoto
Harry Kawamura
Akemi Nishino
Dulcie Kawamura
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