'''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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'''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. He also played Zenahiro in "[[Farewell to Manzanar]]".
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XpPbBoxBME Pat Morita on Japanese Internment camps during WWII]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XpPbBoxBME Pat Morita on Japanese Internment camps during WWII]