Come See the Paradise

DramaRomanceHistory

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.

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

Rating

6.2
55 votes

Popularity

4.3851

Runtime

133 min.

Status

Released

Release Date

8/17/1990

Credits

Come See the Paradise

Dennis QuaidJack McGurn

Come See the Paradise

Tamlyn TomitaLily Kawamura

Come See the Paradise

Sab ShimonoMr. Kawamura

Come See the Paradise

Brady TsurutaniFrankie Kawamura

Come See the Paradise

Shizuko HoshiMrs. Kawamura

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