Come See the Paradise
1990 · 133 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 3,190 VOTES · DIR. Alan Parker
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,151 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:09 Why are we so early?
00:06:05 - Just a different way of doing business, Jack. - Business, my ass!
00:12:57 You can't get up from the table to welcome your own brother?
00:16:37 So am I.
00:21:07 I'm sorry, my Japanese isn't very good.
00:27:05 It's in Chinese.
00:30:50 You let him kiss you just like that?
00:36:19 - Good night. - Good night.
00:41:43 But I love your daughter.
00:50:44 Help me out. I can't move my legs.
00:54:52 - So they stink of fish every day! - Why does it have to be you?
01:00:23 They say Papa's a potentially dangerous alien.
01:05:26 They're a dangerous weapon. They can bore you to death.
01:09:39 - A tea set. - Now what you do...
01:13:55 We were in Los Angeles, and we were Americans.
01:21:25 They'll know, Mama.
01:28:14 Next.
01:33:31 People whispered and whispered.
01:40:11 Now our all-American has a rising sun tattooed on his backside.
01:45:42 And Papa Kawamura?
01:48:42 - So say no. - If we say no...
01:54:23 Your wife is Lily Yuriko Kawamura?
01:59:18 Then it seemed all we did was say good-bye.
11:19:04 - Yes, sir.
Cast & Characters
Dennis Quaid
Jack McGurn
Tamlyn Tomita
Lily Yuriko Kawamura
Tamlyn Tomita
McGann
Sab Shimono
Hiroshi Kawamura
Shizuko Hoshi
Mrs. Kawamura
Stan Egi
Charlie Kawamura
Ronald Yamamoto
Harry Kawamura
Akemi Nishino
Dulcie Kawamura
Naomi Nakano
Joyce Kawamura
Brady Tsurutani
Frankie Kawamura
Elizabeth Gilliam
Younger Mini McGann
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,151
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:02:09
Final line11:19:04
Production Record
DirectorAlan Parker
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,190