Was Mr. Miyagi lonely? (karate kid films)

[85 East]

He did go out to party and stuff. In the first part he gets Daniel to wax the car so he could go out dancing later that night, but yes he was. Mr. Miyagi reminds me of my grandfather who just passed away on Sunday. Old school Japanese men have a certain swag and regalness to them. Very traditional without even trying. But for Miyagi he would have went from WW2 until death without another spouse. Thats 60 plus years. He was definitely lonely.

 

[old pig]

No pedo undertones man, karate kid 3 is just an awful movie that was probably written as the first draft to karate kid 2. God knows why they even went with that plotline. My guess is they wanted to get it into production as soon as possible.

the ponytail nikka was rocking an ascot to a karate tournament for god’s sake...don’t make excuses for him

 

[OmegaK2099]

the ponytail nikka was rocking an ascot to a karate tournament for god’s sake...don’t make excuses for him

Dude was an arrogant richboy no surprise

 

[MikelArteta]

He did go out to party and stuff. In the first part he gets Daniel to wax the car so he could go out dancing later that night, but yes he was. Mr. Miyagi reminds me of my grandfather who just passed away on Sunday. Old school Japanese men have a certain swag and regalness to them. Very traditional without even trying. But for Miyagi he would have went from WW2 until death without another spouse. Thats 60 plus years. He was definitely lonely.

Rip to your grandpa my cdn breh

 

[OmegaK2099]

You woulda thought he would have been a little more swagged out after winning the tournament....but he got even more lame and corny.

Third one should have been about Daniel helping to train some other martial artist and entering him in the tournament. Not entering it himself all over again. For fukks sake he had just won a fight to the death in part 2. Where does all that training go?

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

Mr. Miyagi was the head of the Yakuza United States division. His whole persona was a front. He had to be low key to keep his cover. He was actually initially gonna groom Daniel to be part of an American Yakuza gang he was gonna start, but he saw he was a bytch and just kept his cover and trained him in karate. He was moving bricks and sending hits the whole time.

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

I named my cat after him. "Mr. Meowgi"

#catset

 

[Threnody]

Edit* This movie doesn't get enough love its not as good as the first two but its way better than part 3

 

[OmegaK2099]

Edit* This movie doesn't get enough love its not as good as the first two but its way better than part 3

If they make us acknowledge that trash I'm throwing cobra kai in the bushes, I mean I know 2 and 3 are trash but the next karate kid was a whole other level of basura

 

[Black Samurai]

one day we’re gonna have an open discussion about how all of these adults were pedos who got off on hurting kids/seeing kids hurt...kreese...the ponytail nikka and yes even the “beloved” mr. miyagi...I tried to speak on it re: kreese in the cobra kai thread but nikkas dismissed it as wartime trauma/PSTD...I don’t see how that turns him into a sadistic pedo tho

Other than the dude that tried to fukk Tori, they're all just sociopathic man children with serious issues; including Johnny and Daniel.

 

[SunZoo]

Of course he was but that comes with pros and cons. Solitude is valuable but so is connection.

Kumiko reading his last letter to Daniel show's you how important it was for him to find purpose in a student, without it he would have drank more and had more idle time to be grief stricken.

 

[R=G]

Just finished watching the fist three karate kid films with mr. Miyagi and daniel larusso.

Before miyagi met daniel do you think he was very lonely throughout his life? No spouse, children, and no social life really. Is anyone worried they will end up like that at his age?

Sounds like Mr. Sinister

 

[old pig]

Other than the dude that tried to fukk Tori, they're all just sociopathic man children with serious issues; including Johnny and Daniel.

ok maybe I went too far calling them pedos

 

[Dave24]

Who watching this???

The 'dark' side of Mr. Miyagi: 'Karate Kid' star Ralph Macchio shares Pat Morita stories in 'More Than Miyagi' documentary

A manuscript written by the late Karate Kid star Pat Morita, sharing his life story in his own words, was the catalyst of an inspiring but heartbreaking documentary More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story.

“There [were] some really dark things,” the film’s producer Oscar Alvarez told Yahoo Canada. “I would say the manuscript was the blueprint of everything and that's what got us excited, especially because he had talked about his early years and that's the stuff that you don't know, pre-Mr. Miyagi.”

Coming off the heels of the Cobra Kai release on Netflix, Karate Kid actors including Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, Happy Days stars like Henry Winkler and Marion Ross, and other celebrities including Tommy Chong, Larry Miller and Esai Morales tell their personal stories about Morita — the man known to millions as “Mr. Miyagi.” One thing that really comes across is that Morita was not only important to fans of his work, but also to his colleagues.

Alvarez believes there is still so much people don’t know about Japanese-American actor. The producer revealed he was recently speaking to someone who didn’t even know Morita was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Karate Kid. We come to find out in the documentary that Macchio still wishes he had gone to the Academy Awards ceremony with Morita in 1985.

For anyone who is a Karate Kid fan, there are lots of memories from fellow cast members about making those films, including the famous “wax on, wax off” moment, and discussions around the studio not wanting Morita to play Mr. Miyagi, due to concerns about casting a comedic actor who played Arnold on Happy Days in the role.

The documentary also provides more context on how Morita developed the legendary character of Arnold, which has a connection to the cook who worked at the Chinese restaurant run by Morita’s parents.

Even if you’re not the biggest Karate Kid fan or you never really watched Happy Days, there’s plenty to learn about Morita in More Than Miyagi that will hold anyone’s attention.

“I think people need to understand how much he achieved during his career, considering all of [the] obstacles,” Alvarez said.

From a body cast, to an internment camp, to the stage

Morita was diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis at age two and spent nine years in a hospital, immobilized in a body cast for seven years. An experimental surgery allowed him to beat the odds and walk again but just a few years later, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 led to another traumatic moment in Morita’s life.

When Morita was able to leave the hospital in California at age 11, he was taken by the FBI to join his parents at an internment camp with other Japanese Americans in Arizona.

This is really just one piece of the complicated life Morita lived, going on to fulfill his dream of being an entertainer, starting out as a stand-up comedian under the same agent as fellow comedian Lenny Bruce. You’ve probably heard that name if you’re a fan of the Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Morita’s third wife, Evelyn Guerrero, is actually Bruce’s cousin. She originally met her husband when she was a teen but they reconnected later in life and ended up getting married. Much of the film is told through her narrative, sharing her personal memories of their lives together, including the impact Morita’s drinking had on their relationship.

More Than Miyagi shows the stark and tragic reality of Morita’s alcoholism, a significant factor that led to his death in November 2005. The film reveals an incredibly a heart wrenching moment with the cast of Happy Days during 30th anniversary reunion of the show, where Morita’s drinking prevented him from participating in all the events with the cast.

“That hit home for me because I had an uncle who lived with us for about, maybe two or three years of my life [when] I was in junior high, and I know what that's like,” Alvarez shared with Yahoo Canada.

“When you watch the documentary you hear what he went through, all of his struggles, I mean I'm surprised he didn't do anything worse to himself.”

Morita’s daughters decided not to participate in the documentary, but they have publicly spoken about him in the past.

“At the time of his passing in 2005 at age 73, my father was a forgotten star,” his daughter Aly Morita wrote in a piece for Hyphen Magazine in 2010. “He lived in Las Vegas, separated from his third wife, unable to land any jobs because he was too old and still riding on the coattails of his Karate Kid heyday.”

“His fans remembered him; the Asian American community remembered him. But he was of no value to Hollywood. After enjoying the bounty of success for a good 10 years after the first Karate Kid film, he was just another washed-up movie star.”

‘Still a problem that we have right now’
While the documentary largely focuses on Morita’s life in particular, Alvarez and director Kevin Derek made the decision to spend some time discussing the portrayal of Japanese people in Hollywood films, and the type of roles that Japanese actors are cast in, both previously and today.

Examples of prejudices in films include Mickey Rooney in yellow face as Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, called out by many for being racist, with Rooney’s character looking like caricature depictions of Japanese people during World War II.

Morita himself experienced limitations on possible roles for him to play, and Alvarez said this was a particularly important to include in the documentary because it is “still a problem that we have right now.”

A more recent example is Ghost in the Shell, which originated as a Japanese manga series but in 2017 the lead character Major was played by Scarlett Johansson. Additionally, Tilda Swinton’s character The Ancient One in Doctor Strange in 2016 was criticized for whitewashing as the character is depicted as an Asian man in the comics.

This break from the purely Morita-led storyline in the film was certainly welcome, providing additional context about the entertainment industry the actor longed for, even if it was seemingly working against him, and why Morita is such an important actor in Hollywood history.

“I think it was important because I think we need to understand that all those odds are up against him, and he's still persevered, he still went as far as he went,” Alvarez said.

More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story is available on iTunes and other VOD platforms on Feb. 5.

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how are Mr. Myagi, John Kreese, Terry Silver, Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence sociopathic man children with serious issues? How are they pedos who got off on hurting kids/seeing kids hurt? Can you please break down why you feel that way?