Becky Ann Baker, Caroline Junko King, Colm Meaney
Portraying one of the shadier details of American history, this is the story of Jack McGurn, who comes to Los Angeles in 1936. He gets a job at a movie theatre in Little Tokyo and falls in love with t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (30)
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January 3, 2008One of my all-time favorite movies!! Love this movie with Quaid and Tomita! Beautiful tale of love and devotion, a fascinating story of the strength of family ties.
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November 21, 2009(1990 Director: Alan Parker) Seems there were made a film or 2 including hush hush accounts of the internment of Japanese living in America in response to WW II! This film is one; another is Snow Falling on Cedars, though in a less underplayed way..
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July 13, 2009For some reason when I was a teenager this was a top rented movie for me. In retrospect I still really like this movie. It's a great sweeping love story and a really interesting insight into the Japanese-American experience during WW2. And, frankly, Dennis Quaid is super hot as a...( read more)
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January 6, 2009this is one of the greatest movie I ever saw in my life and I recomand it to all
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August 12, 2008Thought this was long and slow, just thought it would have been a little more to the story......but still enjoyed it.
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January 30, 2008This film serves as an inspiration for a story I'm writing... Alan Parker never ceases to be controversial from Midnight express, Pink Floyd: the wall, to The life of david gale .. I may not agree with him but I must commend him for making you think..
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January 3, 2008This was a good performance by Quaid. The script DID have some empty spots but overall very good. An American soldier married to a Japenese girl loses her and her family when they are carted off to a Japanese Camp during WWII after the bombings of Pearl Harbor. There has been a f...( read more)
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