Morita

You know, the great thing about Pat Morita is he played [serious when he had to].

‘Karate Kid’ Ralph Macchio Unsure About Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi » MTV Movies Blog 2009

What's new: First off, Zwart wants audiences to know the title borrowed from the 1984 L. A.-set original with Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita is not a misnomer.

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He notices that Morita is the one Hagu wants to watch the fireworks with and not him.

Honey and Clover J-drama – ep 03 « Undercover 2008

Episode 06: “How can you become an adult” BRIEF SUMMARY: Morita is back.

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Pat Morita is who I really would have liked but since he is not with us and my second pick Mako passed away as well I went with Kitano he is a good actor and I think he could pull it off.

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But when the book came out in English, Morita's half was excised.

'We Have Lost A Very Important Player' 2008

Masataka Morita/The Yomiuri Shimbun via Associated Press Workers prepared for a mass burial in Higashimatsushima, an inlet coastal town of about 43,000 residents, where the city plans on Tuesday to start burying 80 of the 600 bodies it is currently storing.

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It was only that kind of "shabby little thing" that was MADE IN JAPAN in those days, recalled Morita, who was determined to change that.

'We Have Lost A Very Important Player' 2008

Both men (one hesitates to call Morita an author — his book bears the marks of having been dictated in a hurry, between appointments) plead for understanding for Japanese culture.

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“And Pat Morita comes in and just embodies this character,” Macchio remembered of his Oscar-nominated co-star, who passed away in 2005.

‘Karate Kid’ Ralph Macchio Unsure About Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi » MTV Movies Blog 2009