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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.
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.
“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.
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 theater owned by a Japanese-American man (Sab...
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Aug 17, 1990 · Come See The Paradise, directed by Alan Parker, revolves around the turbulent romance between an American man, played by Dennis Quaid, and a Japanese-American woman, portrayed by Tamlyn Tomita, set against the backdrop of World War II and the internment of Japanese-Americans.
Dec 23, 1990 · 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.
Jan 1, 2000 · Come See The Paradise. Never one to shy away from the nearest controversy, Alan Parker here follows his rough ride over Mississippi Burning by turning to yet another potentially explosive...
