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| − | '''Pat Morita''', a veteran movie actor of [[Japan]]ese descent, catapulted to fame portraying Daniel-san's mentor in "[[The Karate Kid]]". He spent time in "relocation camps" during World War II, which possibly made his scene about the death of his character's off-screen wife in a camp more poignant. | + | '''Pat Morita''', a veteran movie actor of [[Japan]]ese descent, catapulted to fame portraying Daniel-san's mentor in "[[The Karate Kid]]". He spent time in "relocation camps" in Gila, Arizona and other places during World War II, which possibly made his scene about the death of his character's off-screen wife in a camp more poignant. |
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| + | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XpPbBoxBME Pat Morita on Japanese Internment camps during WWII] | ||
Revision as of 01:33, March 14, 2012
Pat Morita, a veteran movie actor of Japanese descent, catapulted to fame portraying Daniel-san's mentor in "The Karate Kid". He spent time in "relocation camps" in Gila, Arizona and other places during World War II, which possibly made his scene about the death of his character's off-screen wife in a camp more poignant.