Taglines: First, their love was forbidden by law. Then it was torn apart by war.
Come See the Paradise movie storyline. Portraying one of the shadier details of American history, this is the story of Jack McGurn, who comes to Los Angeles in 1936. He gets a job at a movie theatre in Little Tokyo and falls in love with the boss’s daughter, Lily Kawamura. When her father finds out, he is fired and forbidden ever to see her again. But together they escape to Seattle. When the war breaks out, the authorities decide that the Japanese immigrants must live in camps like war prisoners.
Come See the Paradise is a 1990 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 the framework of a love story.
Come See the Paradise (1990)
Directed by: Alan Parker
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi, Ronald Yamamoto, Akemi Nishino, Naomi Nakano, Brady Tsurutani, Elizabeth Gilliam, Shyree Mezick
Screenplay by: Alan Parker
Production Design by: Geoffrey Kirkland
Cinematography by: Michael Seresin
Film Editing by: Gerry Hambling
Costume Design by: Molly Maginnis
Set Decoration by: Jim Erickson
Art Direction by: John Willett
Music by: Randy Edelman
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: December 23, 1990
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