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Come See the Paradise

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

  • Movie
  • 1990
  • R
  • 2h 13m

Directed by Alan Parker

6.2

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6.2 out of 10 from 60 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Dennis Quaid

    Dennis QuaidJack McGurn

  • Tamlyn Tomita

    Tamlyn TomitaLily Kawamura

  • Sab Shimono

    Sab ShimonoMr. Kawamura

  • Brady TsurutaniFrankie Kawamura

  • Shizuko Hoshi

    Shizuko HoshiMrs. Kawamura

  • Stan Egi

    Stan EgiCharlie Kawamura

  • Ronald YamamotoHarry Kawamura

  • Akemi NishinoDulcie Kawamura

  • Naomi NakanoJoyce Kawamura

  • Elizabeth GilliamYounger Mini McGann

  • Shyree MezickMiddle Mini McGann

  • Caroline Junko King

    Caroline Junko KingOlder Mini McGann

  • Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Pruitt Taylor VinceAugie Farrell

  • Colm Meaney

    Colm MeaneyGerry McGurn

  • Becky Ann Baker

    Becky Ann BakerMarge McGurn

  • John Finnegan

    John FinneganBrennan

  • Takamuro IkeguchiMr. Fujiuka

  • Danny Kamekona

    Danny KamekonaMr. Nishikawa

Director
Alan Parker
Writer
Alan Parker
Music
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
Michael Seresin