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63% Critic Match
Come See the Paradise
“In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.”
6.3 / 10• 1990• 2h 13m•R• English
DramaRomanceHistory
Storyline
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
Dennis Quaid
Jack McGurn
Lead
Tamlyn Tomita
Lily Kawamura
Sab Shimono
Mr. Kawamura
BT
Brady Tsurutani
Frankie Kawamura
Shizuko Hoshi
Mrs. Kawamura
Stan Egi
Charlie Kawamura
RY
Ronald Yamamoto
Harry Kawamura
AN
Akemi Nishino
Dulcie Kawamura
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alan Parker's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Come See the Paradise is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
