Ralph Macchio stars in this classic 80’s movie as Daniel Larusso. Daniel has just moved from Newark to Los Angeles and is finding it difficult to settle in and make friends. Soon enough he becomes the victim of bullying and seeks help from his apartment’s handyman Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), who teaches Daniel martial arts in order to confront his bullies. This movie saw Pat Morita nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 1984 and kicked off a great saga of action movies, The Karate Kid Quadrilogy. -M.F.