Karate Kid II - decision in Okinawa
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| German title | Karate Kid II - decision in Okinawa | ||
| Original title | The Karate Kid, Part II | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1986 | ||
| length | 113 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | John G. Avildsen | ||
| script | Robert Mark Kamen | ||
| production | Jerry Weintraub | ||
| music | Bill Conti | ||
| camera | James Crabe | ||
| cut | John G. Avildsen, David Garfield , Jane Kurson |
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Karate Kid II - Okinawa Decision (Original: The Karate Kid, Part II ) is a 1986 American film and a follow-up to the hit film Karate Kid . The main characters are the same as in the first film, Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso and Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi. Directed by John G. Avildsen .
Work on the opening scene started just ten days after Karate Kid was released.
action
In the film, which follows on from the previous film in terms of plot, Mr. Miyagi travels with Daniel's company to Okinawa , which is considered the motherland of karate , to pay his final respects to his dying father. Because of the seemingly impossible love for the girl Yukie, Miyagi-san left his home country more than 40 years ago to avoid a life and death fight with his best friend Sato. Sato, who has a very strong sense of honor, has not forgotten anything and still wants to fight to wash his honor, because Yukie had not married Sato after Miyagi's departure, as had originally been agreed. Even after the death of his father, Miyagi consistently refuses to fight with Sato until he threatens to expropriate the land on which Miyagi's home village is located. Shortly before they meet, the village is devastated by a hurricane, in the course of which Miyagi is able to save Sato's life and the former friends find each other again.
Meanwhile, Daniel falls in love with Yukie's niece Kumiko. Her luck is marred by repeated unpleasant incidents with Sato's nephew and master student Chozen. This is an excellent karateka with an excessive sense of honor, which even surpasses that of his uncle Sato. He develops a great deal of hatred towards Miyagi and Daniel, and both of them have physical arguments. He has no chance against Miyagi, but he usually has the upper hand against Daniel. When Daniel Chozen repeatedly embarrassed the villagers - partly intentionally, partly unintentionally - by exposing him to a swap market as a fraudster or by winning a bet with a large amount of money against him, his anger and aversion to Daniel grows more and more.
When the hurricane, in which Sato and Miyagi find each other again, puts a little girl in mortal danger, and Daniel rushes to her aid, Sato asks his nephew Chozen to help Daniel. But this refuses because of offended honor. As a result of this incident, Chozen also loses face in front of his uncle, who tells him that he died for him. Chozen storms away alone in the pouring rain and swears vengeance on Daniel for blaming him for everything.
At the Obon festival in honor of the dead, Kumiko is supposed to perform a solo dance; Chozen brings them under his control and forces Daniel to fight to the life and death. With the help of a new lesson from Mr. Miyagi - the so-called drum technique - and the support of all festival goers who want to see Chozen lose because of his behavior, Daniel wins this time again.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the continuation of a successful film was "dramaturgically simple" and headed straight for "the climax of the plot", but only in order to "rarely achieve the charm of its predecessor". The film also offers “little substance”, so that “its plea for nonviolence is implausible”.
“Thanks to the change of location and the shift of the focus of the story to the fish-out-of-water story and Miyagi's family, this weaker follower of the Karate Kid can still entertain well, even if the inevitable final fight at the end seems badly forced. The chemistry between Morita and Macchio is still right and at least ensures solid after-work entertainment with some very beautiful landscape shots. "
Awards (selection)
The film's theme song, Glory of Love by Peter Cetera , was nominated for an Oscar in 1987 in the Best Music, Original Song category. In the same year, the film won the Young Artist Award in the Exceptional Feature Film - Family Entertainment - Drama category.
Web link
- Karate Kid II - a decision in Okinawa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Karate Kid II - Okinawa decision in the online movie database
- Karate Kid II - Decision in Okinawa atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Karate Kid II - decision in Okinawa . In: The-Numbers.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Karate Kid II in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Karate Kid II - film review on moviepilot.de, accessed on June 8, 2010.