Come See the Paradise

Synopsis

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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Cast

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  Dennis Quaid
  Jack McGurn

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  Tamlyn Tomita
  Lily Kawamura

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  Sab Shimono
  Mr. Kawamura

• B

  Brady Tsurutani
  Frankie Kawamura

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  Shizuko Hoshi
  Mrs. Kawamura

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  Stan Egi
  Charlie Kawamura

• R

  Ronald Yamamoto
  Harry Kawamura

• A

  Akemi Nishino
  Dulcie Kawamura

• N

  Naomi Nakano
  Joyce Kawamura

• E

  Elizabeth Gilliam
  Younger Mini McGann

• S

  Shyree Mezick
  Middle Mini McGann

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  Caroline Junko King
  Older Mini McGann

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  Pruitt Taylor Vince
  Augie Farrell

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  Colm Meaney
  Gerry McGurn

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  Becky Ann Baker
  Marge McGurn

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  John Finnegan
  Brennan

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  Takamuro Ikeguchi
  Mr. Fujiuka

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  Danny Kamekona
  Mr. Nishikawa