27 Mar 2024
Evasion
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Come See the Paradise
In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Dennis Quaid Jack McGurn
Tamlyn Tomita Lily Kawamura
Sab Shimono Mr. Kawamura
Brady Tsurutani Frankie Kawamura
Shizuko Hoshi Mrs. Kawamura
Stan Egi Charlie Kawamura
Ronald Yamamoto Harry Kawamura
Akemi Nishino Dulcie Kawamura
Naomi Nakano Joyce Kawamura
Elizabeth Gilliam Younger Mini McGann
Caroline Junko King Older Mini McGann
Pruitt Taylor Vince Augie Farrell
Colm Meaney Gerry McGurn
Becky Ann Baker Marge McGurn
John Finnegan Brennan
Takamuro Ikeguchi Mr. Fujiuka
Danny Kamekona Mr. Nishikawa
Yoshimi Imai Mr. Yamanaka
Lenny Imamura Japanese Actor
Sanae Hosaka Social Club Singer
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