Come See the Paradise
Come See the Paradise

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Portraying one of the shadier details of American history, this is the story of Jack McGurn, who comes to Los Angeles in 1936. He gets a job at a movie theatre in Little Tokyo and falls in love with the boss's daughter, Lily Kawamura. When her father finds out, he is fired and forbidden ever to see her again. But together they escape to Seattle. When the war breaks out, the authorities decide that the Japanese immigrants must live in camps like war prisoners.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Come See the Paradise:

Dennis Quaid
Tamlyn Tomita
Sab Shimono
Brady Tsurutani
Shizuko Hoshi
Stan Egi

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Portraying one of the shadier details of American history, this is the story of Jack McGurn, who comes to Los Angeles in 1936. He gets a job at a movie theatre in Little Tokyo and falls in love with the boss's daughter, Lily Kawamura. When her father finds out, he is fired and forbidden ever to see her again. But together they escape to Seattle. When the war breaks out, the authorities decide that the Japanese immigrants must live in camps like war prisoners.

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eFilmCritic.com - 7/10 by Scott WeinbergSeriously underrated work from Dennis Quaid and Alan Parker.
Spirituality and Practice - 4/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatA love story set against the internment of Japanese Americans following Pearl Harbor.
Newsweek - 4/10 by David AnsenThough Parker's heart, and his facts, are in the right place, he's succeeded in reducing a powerful story of institutional racism into an unforgivably dull film.
User Review - 10/10 by powell LThis film serves as an inspiration for a story I'm writing... Alan Parker never ceases to be controversial from Midnight express, Pink Floyd: the wall, to The life of david gale .. I may not agree with him but I must commend him for making you think..
User Review - 10/10 by Private UAlan Parker's almost forgotten gem. First of all the film is beautifully shot, right from the first scene between mother and daughter walking in the field. Also this film revealed a dark almost hidden history freom the usa. I was captivated and utterly convinced by this touching love story. The scene in the station brought tears to my eyes when d quaid put his daughter and wife on the train, oh and i cried at the end too.
User Review - 10/10 by Gregory WThis movie was magnificent. Romantic, beautiful and yet, it portrays one of the darkest and most forgotten chapters in American history.
User Review - 10/10 by Maureen NNever knew about this going on before I was born. Only knew about the Nazi's and Pearl Harbor pretty much. Amazing story and very informational
User Review - 10/10 by Leo LOne of my all-time favorite movies!! Love this movie with Quaid and Tomita! Beautiful tale of love and devotion, a fascinating story of the strength of family ties. FANTASTIC!!
User Review - 10/10 by Cipri Dthis is one of the greatest movie I ever saw in my life and I recomand it to all
User Review - 10/10 by Teresa S(1990 Director: Alan Parker) Seems there were a few movies made about hush hush accounts of the internment of Japanese living in America in response to WW II! This film is one; another is Snow Falling on Cedars, though in a less underplayed way. As I tell my son this is NOT a war movie yet in the stories of the peoples lives in this film they are IMPACTED by the war. Just watching this movie (Netflix rental) tonight. I have awaited its arrival & been looking forward to it! Wished to see it both for the actors & its themes & wondering how it was handled--released in 1990 (filmed at the end of the '80's "Me" generation] Both sides of this cd-rom have film--the main movie on one side; the flip side has directorial comments, video images & much more. This is a very sensitive handling of the racial & nationalism issues of the 1940's just pre-bomibing of Pearl Harbor set when this very unlikely pair met. Irish Projectionists' Labor Union attorney Jack McGunn (Dennis McQuaid) well versed in the Wagner Labor Relations Act. Jack is ousted because he disapproves of the dirty politics and is forced to move to Los Angeles to stay with his brother (Colm Meaney-Star Trek) and meets through his modest job as projectionist for a private theatre in Little Toyko the beautiful Lily Wakamura (Tamlyn Tomita) seamstress & daughter of a modest Japanese family living in Little Tokyo (Los Angeles).

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