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.

Tagline:

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

Country:

US

Genre:

Drama, Romance, History

Released:

1990-08-17

Languages:

Japanese, English

Companies:

20th Century Fox