Come See the Paradise 1990
Set in 1942, when more than 100,000 Japanese‑Americans are forced into internment camps, fugitive Jack McGurn escapes to Los Angeles and becomes a projectionist for a Japanese‑American theater owner. He falls for the owner’s daughter Lily; their secret romance drives them to elope to Seattle, marry, and raise a daughter. As World War II erupts, Jack watches helplessly as his family is seized for internment.
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Dennis Quaid
Jack McGurn
Allan Graf
Theatre Man #2
Becky Ann Baker
Marge McGurn
Michael York
Dance Hall Band
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Augie Farrell
Colm Meaney
Gerry McGurn
John Finnegan
Brennan
Tamlyn Tomita
Lily Kawamura
David Carpenter
Army Captain
Sab Shimono
Mr. Kawamura
Caroline Junko King
Older Mini McGann
George Buck
Administrator #1
Ben Slack
Farmer
Dale Ishimoto
Mr. Ogata
Keenan Shimizu
Master of Ceremonies
Joe Lisi
Detective
George P. Wilbur
Theatre Man #1
Don Alder
Race Track Soldier
Shuko Akune
Reiko Sakoda
Kim Robillard
Road Block Soldier
Bill M. Ryusaki
Issei Gentleman
Ronald Yamamoto
Harry Kawamura
Stan Egi
Charlie Kawamura
Brady Tsurutani
Frankie Kawamura
Shizuko Hoshi
Mrs. Kawamura
Naomi Nakano
Joyce Kawamura
Akemi Nishino
Dulcie Kawamura
Shyree Mezick
Middle Mini McGann
Elizabeth Gilliam
Younger Mini McGann
Takamuro Ikeguchi
Mr. Fujiuka
Danny Kamekona
Mr. Nishikawa
Yoshimi Imai
Mr. Yamanaka
Lenny Imamura
Japanese Actor
Goh Misawa
Acting Troupe Manager
Sanae Hosaka
Social Club Singer
Shinko Isobe
Mrs. Ogata
Mariko Fujinaka
Fumiko
Fred Irinaga
Mr. Matsui
Tad Horino
Mr. Noji
Frank Trocha
McGurn Child #1
Tricia L. Campbell
McGurn Child #2
Kelsy White
McGurn Child #3
Cynthia Aso
Japanese Girl #1
Emi Endo
Japanese Girl #2
Marian Mukogawa
Fujiuko's Mother
John Jensen
Dance Hall Band
Fran Lucci
Dance Hall Band
John Mazzocco
Dance Hall Band
Joe Heinemann
Dance Hall Band
Mark Earley
Wedding Singer
Paul A. DiCocco Jr.
Eddie
David MacIntyre
Santa
Doug MacHugh
Store Manager
Howard French
Draft Clerk Sergeant
Gigi Toya
Kindergarten Teacher
Teri Eiko Koide
Camp Singer (Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree)
Jumi Emizawa
Camp Singer (Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree)
Cynthia Lauren
Camp Singer (Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree)
Ian Woolf
Basic Training Sergeant
Ken Katsumoto
Kenji
Kevin McDermott
Administrator #2
Harunobu Yoshida
Demonstration Leader
Ben DiGregorio
FBI Agent
Saachiko
Woman in Uniform
Ben Colesberry
Truck Driver
Douglas Kato
Heckler #1
Richard Iwamoto
Committee Chairman
Ken Y. Mayeno
Heckler #2
Makio Sasaki
Heckler #3
Tommy Allen
MP Soldier #1
John McColpin
MP Soldier #2
Yuji O. Hirayama
Social Club Band / Camp Band
Ricardo E. Cespedes
Social Club Band / Camp Band
Larry Honda
Social Club Band
William O. Hunt
Social Club Band
Mark Izu
Social Club Band
Jon C. Jang
Social Club Band
Brian J. Lee
Social Club Band
Francis G. Wong
Social Club Band
Russell Yoon
Social Club Band
Thomas Yoshida
Social Club Band
Brian Oshima
Camp Band
Kurt Takayama
Camp Band
David Watanabe
Camp Band
Miles Watanabe
Camp Band
Robbie Hioki
Camp Band
Dennis Hoda
Camp Band
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In the early 1950s, Lily Kawamura [Tamlyn Tomita] tells her pre-adolescent daughter Mini [Shyree Mezick] about her father and the life she barely remembers, as they walk toward a rural train station.
In 1936, Jack McGurn [Dennis Quaid] is a motion picture projectionist, involved in a campaign of harassment against non-union theaters in New York City. One such attack turns fatal, as one of his fellow union members starts a fire. McGurn’s boss, knowing that the feelings of guilt would likely cause Jack to go to the police, urges him to leave the city. Jack moves to Los Angeles where his brother Gerry McGurn [Colm Meaney] lives. Jack’s role as a “sweatshop lawyer” strains an already rocky relationship with Gerry, who is willing to have any job, barely keeping his family afloat during the Great Depression.
Taking the name McGann, Jack finds a job as a non-union projectionist in a movie theater run by the Kawamura family. He falls in love with Lily, his boss’ daughter. Forbidden to see one another by her Issei parents and banned from marrying by California law, the couple elopes to Seattle, where they marry and have a daughter, Mini.
When World War II breaks out, Lily and their daughter are caught up in the Japanese American internment, rounded up and sent to Manzanar, California. Jack, away on a trip, is drafted into the United States Army with no chance to help his family prepare for their imprisonment.
Finally visiting the camp, he arranges a private meeting with his wife’s father Mr. Kawamura [Sab Shimono], telling him that he has gone AWOL and wants to stay with them, whatever they have to go through. They are his family now and he belongs with them. The older man counsels him to return to the Army, and says that he now believes that Jack is truly in love with Lily, and a worthy husband.
Returning, ready to face his punishment for desertion, he is met by FBI agents, who have identified “McGann” as being the McGurn wanted for his part in the arson of years before.
Finally, in the 1950s, the train arrives and Lily and Mini reunite with Jack, who has served his time in prison and is now returning to his family.
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