Come See the Paradise
From writer/director Alan Parker ("Mississippi Burning") comes this haunting romantic drama set against one of the darkest periods in U.S. history. In California, 1936, intermarriage is illegal. Jack McGurn (Dennis Quaid) and Lily Kawamura (Tamlyn Tomita) must elope to Seattle, where they soon have a daughter. But when Pearl Harbor is attacked, Lily, her family and thousands of other Japanese-Americans are "relocated" to internment camps. As Jack tries desperately to keep his family together, the grim specter of war threatens to tear them apart...
Year: 1990
Genre: Drama, Drama Romance, War and Anti-War Films, Romance, Film Festivals 1991
Country: USA
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sab Shimono, Tamlyn Tomita, Shizuko Hoshi
Duration: 133 Minutes
Rating: M - Offensive language
6.7/10
Location in store: Drama
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