Come See the Paradise
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1990-08-17
Runtime: 133 mins
Director: Alan Parker
Writer: Alan Parker
Spoken language: English, 日本語
Genres: Drama, Romance, History
Original title: Come See the Paradise
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Dennis Quaid
Tamlyn Tomita
Sab Shimono
Brady Tsurutani
Shizuko Hoshi
Stan Egi
Ronald Yamamoto
Akemi Nishino
Naomi Nakano
Elizabeth Gilliam
Shyree Mezick
Caroline Junko King
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Colm Meaney
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