With a piece of film that was one time meant to be the ending for Karate Kid, The
Karate Kid II shows a small aftermath of the tournament where Pat Morita has a
reckoning with Martin Kove.
After that Morita hears that his father is dying and he returns to his village in Okinawa and Ralph Macchio comes with him. They hold grudges these Okinawans. Danny Kamekona an old romantic rival keeps calling out Morita for leaving Okinawa decades ago over a woman. And Kamekona's nephew Yuji Okumoto keeps trying to pick a fight with Ralph Macchio. Our karate kid is attracted to Okinawa teen Tamlyn Tomita, a girl steeped in her traditional ways and quite hip to modern culture too.
A lot of the same plot elements are in this film as the original except that Pat Morita is quite involved and not an outsider. Hawaii stand in quite nicely for Okinawa. I like the fact that the film makers were most respectable of the Asian traditions here.
As for the plot let us say that Kamekona shows in the end he has the right stuff unlike Martin Kove. As for dealing Okumoto, Macchio copies a technique that he sees and learns from Morita.
Karate Kid II got an Oscar nomination for a very nice song Glory Of Love. This keeps up the same high standard as the first.
After that Morita hears that his father is dying and he returns to his village in Okinawa and Ralph Macchio comes with him. They hold grudges these Okinawans. Danny Kamekona an old romantic rival keeps calling out Morita for leaving Okinawa decades ago over a woman. And Kamekona's nephew Yuji Okumoto keeps trying to pick a fight with Ralph Macchio. Our karate kid is attracted to Okinawa teen Tamlyn Tomita, a girl steeped in her traditional ways and quite hip to modern culture too.
A lot of the same plot elements are in this film as the original except that Pat Morita is quite involved and not an outsider. Hawaii stand in quite nicely for Okinawa. I like the fact that the film makers were most respectable of the Asian traditions here.
As for the plot let us say that Kamekona shows in the end he has the right stuff unlike Martin Kove. As for dealing Okumoto, Macchio copies a technique that he sees and learns from Morita.
Karate Kid II got an Oscar nomination for a very nice song Glory Of Love. This keeps up the same high standard as the first.