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For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Karate Kid can be found here.
No. The Karate Kid was taken from a script by screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen. It is the first in a series of four Karate Kid movies, including The Karate Kid, Part II (1986), The Karate Kid, Part III (1989), and The Next Karate Kid (1994). The Karate Kid movies have no relation to the DC Comics superhero also known as "Karate Kid".
Ali (Elisabeth Shue) knew that Johnny (William Zabka) and his goons were coming by the sounds of their bikes, so she kicked the ball away, hoping that Daniel (Ralph Macchio) would go after it, thus keeping him from getting beat up. Unfortunately, it didn't work too well.
Noriyuki Pat Morita (Mr Miyagi) was an American citizen, born in California of Japanese parents. To play the role of Mr Miyagi, Morita had to adopt a fake Japanese accent, since he spoke perfect English. In the film, Miyagi tells Daniel that he is from Okinawa, a chain of islands south of Japan. Historically, Okinawa had strong ties with China, and Miyagi does mention to Daniel that he learned karate while in China, so the movie doesn't make it clear one way or another as to Miyagi's ancestry.
In the Japanese language, -san is a polite title that is used after a person's name, the equivalent of Mr., Mrs., or Miss. Daniel could just as easily refer to Mr Miyagi as "Miyagi-san".
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