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Jan 18, 1991 · The love affair between Jack and Lily is tender and romantic, and if Lily's father dies after he loses all pride and self-esteem, at least her mother lives long enough to finally accept and embrace her little half-Japanese granddaughter.
64% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 73% Audience Score 250+ Ratings 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...
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Come See the Paradise is a 1990 American historical drama film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita. Set before and during World War II , the film depicts the treatment of Japanese Americans in the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor , and the subsequent loss of civil liberties within ...
In 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor and caught thousands of Neisei in between two worlds. Come see The Paradise is the story of the Neisei (Japanese immigrants and Americans of Japanese descent) who were removed to the interior from the West Coast.
Jan 1, 2000 · Come See The Paradise Review. Jack McGurn (Quaid) comes to LA in the mid-1930s, and gets a job as a cinema projectionist in Little Tokyo. He falls in love with the Japanese-American owner's...
Sep 10, 2012 · Parker's movie about the experience of Japanese-Americans immediately after Pearl Harbor characteristically undermines its socio-political problems by focusing single-mindedly on the lives of a...
Come See the Paradise Reviews. Full Review | Original Score: D+ | Sep 7, 2011. Though Parker's heart, and his facts, are in the right place, he's succeeded in reducing a powerful story of...
