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.
Director
Alan Parker
Writer
Alan Parker
Studio
20th Century Fox
Vote Count
59
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
Naomi Nakano
Joyce Kawamura
Elizabeth Gilliam
Younger Mini McGann
Shyree Mezick
Middle Mini McGann
Caroline Junko Kin...
Older Mini McGann
Pruitt Taylor Vinc...
Augie Farrell
Colm Meaney
Gerry McGurn
Becky Ann Baker
Marge McGurn
John Finnegan
Brennan
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