1990 · 133 min · Drama, Romance, History
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.
Directed by Alan Parker. Starring Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Brady Tsurutani and Shizuko Hoshi.
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