response to recent criticism that 1984’s “Karate Kid” Movie star Ralph Macchio called the coming-of-age story “ahead of its time” last week.
“People were saying it was a very white cast and not jumping into an Asian story,” Macchio, 60, told Stellar Magazine. The movie was ahead of its time as it was a popcorn movie about Japanese concentration camps at the time. Second World War. “
The former child actor, who is promoting his new memoir, Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me, said his late co-star Noriyuki “Pat” Morita earned an Academy Award nomination for the film because he camped. It is revealed that he lost his wife and son in one of the
“Pat himself spent two years in camp,” explained Macchio. “So it had a double meaning and depth.”
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Macchio said most of the Oscar-worthy scenes were cut from the film, but were saved by fans.
“The studio’s main concern was that if a film ran for more than two hours, it would lose its daily screen time, essentially losing money in the process.” And they were all silent.”
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The powerful scene in the middle of the film shows the always sober Mr. Miyagi getting drunk and desperately emotional while facing the memories of the anniversary with his wife and son. Macchio’s character puts the fainting teacher to sleep and learns that Miyagi’s wife and son died in childbirth in 1944.
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While the first “Karate Kid” took place in California, the second installment in 1986 revolved around Macchio’s character Daniel spending time with his teacher during his childhood. Hometown in Okinawa.
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Macchio, who was not involved in the Will Smith remake of the 2008 film, is now in the show Cobra Kai, where he plays Daniel as an adult.