Come See the Paradise (1990)

Overview: 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. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Brady Tsurutani

Categories: Drama, Romance, History