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Come See the Paradise
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Come See the Paradise

1990 · 133 min Drama Romance History
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Alan Parker

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Jack McGurn

Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Tomita

Lily Kawamura

Sab Shimono

Sab Shimono

Mr. Kawamura

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Brady Tsurutani

Frankie Kawamura

Shizuko Hoshi

Shizuko Hoshi

Mrs. Kawamura

Stan Egi

Stan Egi

Charlie Kawamura

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Ronald Yamamoto

Harry Kawamura

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Akemi Nishino

Dulcie Kawamura

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Naomi Nakano

Joyce Kawamura

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Elizabeth Gilliam

Younger Mini McGann

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