Come See the Paradise

Story Line

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.

“In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.”

Top 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