The Karate Kid
Movie • 1984 • Drama
ReportHassled by the school bullies, Daniel LaRusso has his share of adolescent woes. Luckily, his apartment building houses a resident martial arts master: Kesuke Miyagi, who agrees to train Daniel ... and ends up teaching him much more than self-defense. Armed with newfound confidence, skill and wisdom, Daniel ultimately faces off against his tormentors in this hugely popular classic underdog tale.
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Partially when recontextualized with the Cobra Kai series in mind ,but even ignoring that the sensei is still a bit abusive to Johnny and co.
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There's nothing super graphic but the main antagonist is often violently possessive of his ex-girlfriend to an unhealthy degree including breaking her things, being physically violent towards her new love interest, and grabbing her and forcibly kissing her against her will.
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Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is mentally abused and manipulated by his karate coach.
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Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is manipulated by his karate coach to do wrong.
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There’s a scene where Mr. Miyagi is drinking alcohol excessively because he’s sad about the death of his family.
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Technically, a joint is rolled but never smoked
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The iconic scene where Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) catches a fly with chopsticks... obviously has a fly in it.
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A girl is grabbed and forcibly kissed against her will which could be upsetting to some survivors of sexual assault
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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The karate kid gets beat up by his bully’s.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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One of the bullies gets briefly kicked in the crotch by Mister Miyagi.
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There are scenes where Daniel gets physically beaten and he is gasping.
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Does someone break a bone?
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No bones are broken in this movie. None are shown breaking, nor are any heard breaking. One character gets his leg kicked and elbowed, hyperextending it, but nothing is ever broken. I am not sure why everyone said yes, but having seen this movie hundreds of times now, I can confidently say that you don’t have to worry about viewing this masterpiece, if this is a trigger category for you.
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Not down stairs but down a rocky hill
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There’s a few scenes where Daniel and other characters bleed from the mouth, but no damage to teeth is shown.
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Before the film takes place
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It’s mentioned in passing that a mother and child both die during childbirth, but it’s not shown on screen.
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There’s one scene where a doctor takes care of Daniel after he hurts his leg in a match, but it’s in the locker room and not a hospital.
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Mild swearing
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Mr. Miyagi's wife and unborn child die during childbirth.
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It’s mentioned in passing that a character’s wife died during childbirth along with the baby, but the mom and child are never shown on screen.
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Daniel is referred to as “Danielle” a couple times.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Hate speech and racial slurs are directed at Mr. Miyagi.
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A few Asian slurs are used.
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Mister Miyagi is portrayed in a positive light. Though one could consider him to fall into the racial trope of the "mystic Asian teacher"
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There’s a scene where Daniel is running from some people and he accidentally causes a wreck after running into the road. No one is injured from what we see.
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Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) gets punched a couple of times, and so do other characters. We see their bruises.
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