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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.Read moreLess
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.
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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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Dennis QuaidJack McGurn
Tamlyn TomitaLily Kawamura
Sab ShimonoMr. Kawamura
Shizuko HoshiMrs. Kawamura
Stan EgiCharlie Kawamura
Caroline Junko KingOlder Mini McGannExplore the crew
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Editor
- Gerry Hambling
- Director of Photography
- Michael Seresin
- Producer
- Robert F. Colesberry
- Original Music Composer
- Randy Edelman
- Writer
- Alan Parker