Come See the Paradise (1990)
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1990-08-17
- Runtime:
- 133 min
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance, History
- Director:
- Alan Parker
- Top cast:
- Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Brady Tsurutani, Shizuko Hoshi, Stan Egi
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 6.3/10 from 59 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 5.9/10