Information
Release DateAugust 17, 1990
Runtime2h 13m
StatusReleased
Production20th Century Fox
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese
6.3
56 votesPopularity1
Come See the Paradise
"In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America."
Synopsis
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.
Cast & Crew
Director
Featured Cast
Dennis Quaid
Jack McGurn
Tamlyn Tomita
Lily Kawamura
Sab Shimono
Mr. Kawamura
Brady Tsurutani
Frankie Kawamura
Shizuko Hoshi
Mrs. Kawamura
