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Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise (1990)

2h 13m | PG-13

⭐ 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.

Director: Alan Parker

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Genre: Drama, Romance, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

as Jack McGurn

Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Tomita

as Lily Kawamura

Sab Shimono

Sab Shimono

as Mr. Kawamura

Brady Tsurutani

Brady Tsurutani

as Frankie Kawamura

Shizuko Hoshi

Shizuko Hoshi

as Mrs. Kawamura

Stan Egi

Stan Egi

as Charlie Kawamura