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A 1990 historical drama film by Alan Parker about the love story of a Japanese American woman and a white man during World War II. The film depicts the internment of Japanese Americans and the loss of civil liberties in the US, and is inspired by a poem by Anna Akhmatova.
May 22, 2014 · 67. 10 years ago. Come See The Paradise is a deeply touching love story set against the backdrop of a dramatic and controversial period in American history. It...
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Jack McGurn (Quaid) moves to Los Angeles from New Jersey in 1936 to escape from troubles that fall on him as a labor organizer. He takes a job as a projectionist in a Little Tokyo movie theater run by a Japanese-American family. He falls in love with his Japanese boss's daughter.
Jan 18, 1991 · “Come See the Paradise” tells a story of this period in terms of a romance between the labor organizer and a young Japanese-American woman. Her name is Lily (Tamlyn Tomita), and she is the daughter of a businessman who runs a little chain of Japanese-language movie theaters.
A romantic drama set in 1942, when a fugitive falls in love with a Japanese-American woman and faces the consequences of their interracial marriage during World War II. The film explores the themes of prejudice, loyalty and family in the context of the internment of Japanese-Americans.
COME SEE THE PARADISE The making of the film by Alan Parker For many years I have had a haunting picture by the great photographer, Dorothea Lange pinned
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn (Dennis Quaid) flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie...
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