113 minutes
Selected cast credits · Film reference
Producer credits not yet identified.
Chozen receives the physique award after an eligibility objection.
Was Sato in the right?
A1986 box-office top ten is recited, initially introduced as nine.
Ebert reportedly gave a mild television thumbs-up; no written review or star rating is supplied.
Opening confrontation, travel, grief and ice breaking are discussed.
Final fight and hurricane are the two personal scene picks.
The disowning dialogue may reverse who is dead to whom.
Panasonic televisions, earnestness, easy travel and a simple game adaptation.
Sato’s log-chopping hobby and local business empire are pleasures.
Sato’s Escort Service is claimed as a fantasy team name.
The Weintraub production and Conti score inspire confidence.
Headbands, third-person speech, Glory of Love, romance and the quick ending are praised.
Is Miyagi the greatest third-person speaker?
Daniel consoling Miyagi and the castle reveal.
The climactic castle wins.
Sato and Chozen are competing choices.
Glory of Love is the immediate choice.
An Okinawa subtitle is preferred.
Sato’s warehouse entrance is the selected flex category.
Flex pick · Kyle Brandt
Too little karate in the first hour.
Miyagi does not disclose his earlier marriage.
Kimiko being punched is the clearest choice.
Sato and Chozen are both supported.
Ali dated Troy Aikman; swap the order of sequels.
The airplane explanation raises the stakes to death.
Shue’s absence and the RockyIV music tradeoff.
Sato and Clarence Gilyard are nominated.
Kreese wins for a single scene.
Give Elizabeth Shue a breakup scene.
Oahu filming, B.D. Wong, Kove’s injury claim and recurring music.
Daniel is selected, with the sneaky qualifier questioned.
Macchio receives a tentative yes; an alternative Cusack-like career is doubted.
Morita’s first film is preferred; Hawaii, other cast and toy drums receive support.
Cruise as an American version of Chozen.
Sato starts high but falls with redemption; Chozen remains high.
Tournament fame, breakup timing, travel choices, English and dubbing are questioned.
Brimley’s blackmailer and a critical soccer commentator are proposed.
Cetera’s song replaces an initial Morita answer.
Is Daniel good at karate, and would you choose him as a fighting ally?
Chozen is also preferred; the woman’s life and future remain unknown.
Toy drums, Daniel’s red robe and Sato’s log.
Forgive and move on; do not betray your friend.
Karate Kid3 is the serious choice after a documentary joke.
Peter Cetera and Pat Morita split the explicit choices.
