Come See The Paradise is a deeply moving 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. After the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, the clash of cultures becomes insurmountable for the two lovers. The Kawamuras and Lily have been relocated. Upon being conscripted into the Army, Jack is sent to a desolate outdoor internment camp in California, powerless to assist the lady he loves and having given up all hope of ever winning her family's acceptance.
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Come See The Paradise is a deeply moving 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. After the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, the clash of cultures becomes insurmountable for the two lovers. The Kawamuras and Lily have been relocated. Upon being conscripted into the Army, Jack is sent to a desolate outdoor internment camp in California, powerless to assist the lady he loves and having given up all hope of ever winning her family's acceptance.
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