Come See the Paradise (movie)

Come See the Paradise (movie)

  • User score: 6.1
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Alan Parker
  • Production companies: 20th Century Fox
  • Genre: Drama, Romance, History
  • Release date: 8/17/1990
  • Run time: 133 min.

Movie description

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.

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Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Role(s): Jack McGurn

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Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Tomita

Role(s): Lily Kawamura

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Sab Shimono

Sab Shimono

Role(s): Mr. Kawamura

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Brady Tsurutani

Brady Tsurutani

Role(s): Frankie Kawamura

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Shizuko Hoshi

Shizuko Hoshi

Role(s): Mrs. Kawamura

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