Film
Come See the Paradise
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.
Overview
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 QuaidJack McGurn
- Tamlyn TomitaLily Kawamura
- Sab ShimonoMr. Kawamura
- Brady TsurutaniFrankie Kawamura
- Shizuko HoshiMrs. Kawamura
- Stan EgiCharlie Kawamura
- Ronald YamamotoHarry Kawamura
- Akemi NishinoDulcie Kawamura
