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Drama / Romance / History

Come See the Paradise

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

19902h 13mR 6.2/ 10

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

  • Dennis QuaidJack McGurn
  • Tamlyn TomitaLily Kawamura
  • Sab ShimonoMr. Kawamura
  • B
    Brady TsurutaniFrankie Kawamura
  • Shizuko HoshiMrs. Kawamura
  • Stan EgiCharlie Kawamura
  • R
    Ronald YamamotoHarry Kawamura
  • A
    Akemi NishinoDulcie Kawamura
  • N
    Naomi NakanoJoyce Kawamura
  • E
    Elizabeth GilliamYounger Mini McGann
  • S
    Shyree MezickMiddle Mini McGann
  • Caroline Junko KingOlder Mini McGann
  • Pruitt Taylor VinceAugie Farrell
  • Colm MeaneyGerry McGurn
  • Becky Ann BakerMarge McGurn
  • John FinneganBrennan

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