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Come See the Paradise

“In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.”

★ 6.2 TMDB Rating · 60 votes

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.

Director
Alan Parker
Release date
Aug 17, 1990
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of Come See the Paradise

  • Portrait of Dennis Quaid

    Dennis Quaid

    Jack McGurn

  • Portrait of Tamlyn Tomita

    Tamlyn Tomita

    Lily Kawamura

  • Portrait of Sab Shimono

    Sab Shimono

    Mr. Kawamura

  • Brady Tsurutani

    Frankie Kawamura

  • Portrait of Shizuko Hoshi

    Shizuko Hoshi

    Mrs. Kawamura

  • Portrait of Stan Egi

    Stan Egi

    Charlie Kawamura

  • Ronald Yamamoto

    Harry Kawamura

  • Akemi Nishino

    Dulcie Kawamura

  • Naomi Nakano

    Joyce Kawamura

  • Elizabeth Gilliam

    Younger Mini McGann

  • Shyree Mezick

    Middle Mini McGann

  • Portrait of Caroline Junko King

    Caroline Junko King

    Older Mini McGann

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United States
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United Kingdom
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Canada
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Australia
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