Come See The Paradise is a deeply touching love story set against the backdrop of a dramatic and controversial period in American history, It follows the romance and eventual marriage of Jack McGurn (Dennis Quad), a hot blooded Irish American, and a beautiful Japanese American Lily Dawanura (Tamlyn Tomita), at the outset of World War II. The clash of cultures, at once painful for the two lovers, becomes insurmountable after the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Lily and the Kawamuras are relocated To a bleak, outdoor internment camp in California, Jack is drafted into the Army, powerless to help the woman he loves abandoning all hope of ever winning her family's approval.
Dennis Quaid Tamlyn Tomita Sab Shimono Brady Tsurutani Shizuko Hoshi Stan Egi Ronald Yamamoto Akemi Nishino Naomi Nakano Elizabeth Gilliam Shyree Mezick Caroline Junko King Pruitt Taylor Vince Colm Meaney Becky Ann Baker John Finnegan Takamuro Ikeguchi Danny Kamekona Yoshimi Imai Lenny Imamura Goh Misawa Sanae Hosaka Shuko Akune Keenan Shimizu Dale Ishimoto Shinko Isobe Mariko Fujinaka Fred Irinaga Tad Horino George P. Wilbur Allan Graf Frank Trocha Tricia L. Campbell Kelsy White Cynthia Aso Emi Endo Marian Mukogawa Fran Lucci John Jensen John Mazzocco Joe Heinemann Michael York Mark Earley Paul A. DiCocco Jr. Joe Lisi David MacIntyre Doug MacHugh Howard French Gigi Toya Don Alder Teri Eiko Koide Jumi Emizawa Cynthia Lauren Ian Woolf Ben Slack Bill M. Ryusaki Ken Katsumoto Kim Robillard George Buck Kevin McDermott Harunobu Yoshida David Carpenter Ben DiGregorio Saachiko Ben Colesberry Richard Iwamoto Douglas Kato Ken Y. Mayeno Makio Sasaki Tommy Allen John McColpin Ricardo E. Cespedes Yuji O. Hirayama Larry Honda William O. Hunt Mark Izu Jon C. Jang Brian J. Lee Francis G. Wong Russell Yoon Thomas Yoshida Brian Oshima Kurt Takayama David Watanabe Miles Watanabe Robbie Hioki Dennis Hoda
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