Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:08 pm
The end of Wax on, Wax off
This man will be missed for the entertainment he brought. Pat Morita
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The end of Wax on, Wax off
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Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:38 am
he appeared in some truly awful films though, esp as stock-old-japanese-or-other-oriental-wise-man in a plethora of made-for-tv-films. I barely ever watched Happy Days so i don't really remember him in that but he often pops up as some sort of japanese officer in various low-budget war films. nice man from all acounts, accepted almost every script that came his way, enevr madea fuss about parts or money; got interned during the war, he was in a hospital bed recovering from pneumonia I think? and got marched off to a internment camp for japanese-americans.
Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:12 am
he often pops up as some sort of japanese officer in various low-budget war films
lol. yeah I've noticed that too. He became a complete icon to the 80s teen though because of the Karate Kid films - at least he had one memorable part in his lack-lustre career, which is more than can be said for many.
Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:37 am
but he did so many films that are now commonalities of mid-day and cable/satellite programming that someone somewhere is always watching a Pat Morita film (and he's getting very bored with them! 
) I'm sure Morita himself did well enough out of royalties. It really is just a job for a lot of actors and as long as they get paid, quality doesnt particularly matter. And Morita never turned up a bad performance, no matter how awful a script or director or producer he had to work with. Happy Days alone prob paid his mortgage several times over, that's never off the telly.
) I'm sure Morita himself did well enough out of royalties. It really is just a job for a lot of actors and as long as they get paid, quality doesnt particularly matter. And Morita never turned up a bad performance, no matter how awful a script or director or producer he had to work with. Happy Days alone prob paid his mortgage several times over, that's never off the telly. Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:08 am
yes he was good in that, he played R Adm. Kusaka iirc. Ito played Cdr. Genda. The late great Toshiro Mifune played Adm. Yamamoto, dubbed very badly btw while most fo the rest of the Japanese cast speak English. I enjoyed Midway although its a bit of a mess directorially, because it mostly sticks to the main points of the battle and doesn't get lost in romantic Hollywood tosh and rewriting of history. Not as polished as Tora! Tora! Tora! where Kurosawa even in his absence dominates the film, but still far more honest and gripping than that recent Pearl Harbour rubbish (that film should be banned under the Geneva Convention regarding total crap masquerading as entertainment.) Also Midway has quality actors of the old school not these pretty boys of today, and of course no cgi. I'm fed up of seeing overdone cgi effects that look so preposterous, the point of sfx is that you believe it, you don't sit there thinking "thats impossible and it looks cgi anyway" - I like to see real planes, rewal ships, real soldiers, not computer sprites. Which is why i prefer A Bridge Too Far over Saving Private Ryan!
One of the features of the Midway that really carries the film and only sad people like me ever notice is the score; watch the film and listen and it will sound VERY familiar! John Williams when he wasn't anything like the plagiarist he is now, this was a sort of trial piece for the themes he'd shortly use in Star Wars which was released the following year.
One of the features of the Midway that really carries the film and only sad people like me ever notice is the score; watch the film and listen and it will sound VERY familiar! John Williams when he wasn't anything like the plagiarist he is now, this was a sort of trial piece for the themes he'd shortly use in Star Wars which was released the following year.
Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:02 am
hmm are you sure you're not confusing him with Al Leong? He's another serial bit-part dude - you'd know him straight away if you saw him. You'll probably know him as Genghis Khan in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure or one of Alan Rickman's Henchmen in Die Hard...he also pops up in Beverly Hills Cop 3, Godzilla, Twilight Zone the Movie, Lethal Weapon and Escape from LA. He's always the henchman. Probably the most successful bit-part actor in Hollywood today!
Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:36 am
Hate to blow the rabbit out of the water, but Pat wasn't in Big trouble in little china.
Princess (2006) (filming) .... Guard
American Fusion (2006) (post-production) .... Lao Dong
Angst (2006) (post-production) .... Tom
Down and Derby (2005) .... Ono Yakimoto
Genghis Khan (2005) .... Emperor Wei Wong
The Number One Girl (2005) (V) .... Mr. Sakata
Mulan II (2004) (V) (voice) .... The Emperor
Elvis Has Left the Building (2004) .... Man in Turban
The Karate Dog (2004) .... Chin Li
Miss Cast Away (2004) .... Mr. YogiMulan (1998) (voice) .... The Emperor of China
"Adventures with Kanga Roddy" (1998) TV Series .... Uncle Pat
Mulan Story Studio (1998) (VG) .... The Emperor
Bloodsport III (1997) .... Leung
Reggie's Prayer (1996) .... Principal
Spy Hard (1996) .... Brian, Waiter in Restaurant
"The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo" (1996) TV Series .... Mike 'Grandpa' Woo
Bloodsport 2 (1996) .... David Leung
Babes in Toyland (1986) (TV) .... The Toymaster
The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita) .... Mr. Kesuke Miyagi
What Has Four Wheels and Flies (1986) (TV)
Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV) .... Horse
... aka Alice Through the Looking Glass (USA: video title (second part title))
Amos (1985) (TV) .... Tommy Tanaka
Blind Alleys (1985) (TV) .... Kenji Sato
The Vegas Strip War (1984) (TV) .... Yip Tak
... aka Las Vegas Strip War
Night Patrol (1984) .... Rape Victim
The Karate Kid (1984) (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita) .... Mr. Kesuke Miyagi
Jimmy the Kid (1982) .... Maurice
Savannah Smiles (1982) .... Father Ohara
Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982) .... Ah Fong, the Chinese Ambassador
... aka Slapstick
Full Moon High (1981) .... Silversmith
... aka Moon High (Australia: TV title)
For the Love of It (1980) (TV) .... Ishihara
When Time Ran Out... (1980) .... Sam
... aka Earth's Final Fury (USA: TV title)
... aka The Day the World Ended (USA: video title)
Human Feelings (1978) (TV) .... Waiter
... aka Miles the Angel (USA: video box title)
"Blansky's Beauties" (1977) TV Series .... Arnold (1977)
"Mr. T and Tina" (1976) TV Series .... Taro Takahashi (segment "Mr. T"Midway (1976) .... RAdm. Ryunosuke Kusaka
... aka Battle of Midway (UK)
... aka The Battle of Midway (USA: video title)
Farewell to Manzanar (1976) (TV) .... Zenahiro
"Happy Days" (1974) TV Series .... Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi (1975-1976, 1982-1983)
... aka Happy Days Again (USA: syndication title)
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now (1975)
... aka Kill My Wife Please (USA)
Punch and Jody (1974) (TV) .... Takahasi
Cops (1973) (TV) .... Captain Irving Ho
The Barbara Eden Show (1973) (TV)
Brock's Last Case (1973) (TV) .... Sam Wong
Cancel My Reservation (1972) .... Yamamoto
Columbo: Étude in Black (1972) (TV) .... The House Boy
Where Does It Hurt? (1972) .... Nishimoto
Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972) .... Nonaka
A Very Missing Person (1972) (TV) .... Delmar Faulkenstein
... aka Hildegarde Withers
Evil Roy Slade (1972) (TV) .... Turhan
"The Queen and I" (1969) TV Series .... Barney Cook
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) .... Wong
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) .... Oriental #2
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