Come See the Paradise (1990)

Directed by

Alan Parker

Genre

drama film, war film, prison film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A white man and a Japanese American woman fall in love before World War II. After Pearl Harbor, her family is forced into an internment camp and he struggles to reunite with them.

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What happens

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 the framework of a love story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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