Come See the Paradise

REVIEW
In this story of the internment of Japanese-Americans in camps during WWII, Parker gets credit for tackling a subject heretofore untouched by any American film, though one wishes the story had more dramatic structure. The first half of the film follows the love affair between a projectionist (Quaid) and his Asian boss' daughter (Tomita). Married for only a short time, they are separated after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Quaid is drafted, and Tomita and her entire family are uprooted and sent to the camps. The remainder of the film centers on the heartbreaking conditions they face.