

Come See the Paradise
In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.
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

Dennis Quaid
Jack McGurn

Tamlyn Tomita
Lily Kawamura

Sab Shimono
Mr. Kawamura
Brady Tsurutani
Frankie Kawamura

Shizuko Hoshi
Mrs. Kawamura

Stan Egi
Charlie Kawamura
Ronald Yamamoto
Harry Kawamura
Akemi Nishino
Dulcie Kawamura
Naomi Nakano
Joyce Kawamura
Elizabeth Gilliam
Younger Mini McGann
Shyree Mezick
Middle Mini McGann

Caroline Junko King
Older Mini McGann

Pruitt Taylor Vince
Augie Farrell

Colm Meaney
Gerry McGurn

Becky Ann Baker
Marge McGurn
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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.
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