Mr. Miyagi eventually gave the gi as a birthday present to a student of his, Daniel LaRusso. Pat Morita (born Noriyuki Morita June 28, 1932 - died November 24, 2005) played the part of Captain Sam Pak, a South Korean Army surgeon and friend of Henry Blake and the surgeons in two episodes of M*A*S*H, in the Season 2 episodes "Deal Me Out" and "The Chosen People". Morita revived the character of Arnold on Blansky's Beauties in 1977 and eventually returned to Happy Days during the tenth season (1982-1983), and appeared in one episode during the final season. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a corresponding Golden Globe Award, reprising his role in three sequels: The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and The Next Karate Kid (1994), the last of which starred Hilary Swank instead of Macchio. One of Morita's last television roles was as Master Udon on the 2006 SpongeBob SquarePants Season 4 episode, "Karate Island". After about a year and a half, he was transferred to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center. Morita voiced the Emperor of China in Disney's 36th animated feature Mulan (1998) and reprised the role in Mulan II (2004), a direct-to-video sequel and Kingdom Hearts II.[21]. One of his last film roles was in the independent feature film Only the Brave (2006), about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, where he plays the father of lead actor (and director) Lane Nishikawa. [16][23], Morita was cremated at Palm Green Valley Mortuary and Cemetery in Las Vegas, Nevada. After the season's end, he left the show to star as inventor Taro Takahashi in his own show Mr. T and Tina, the first Asian-American sitcom on network TV. Morita gained particular fame playing wise karate teacher Mr. Miyagi, who taught young "Daniel-san" (Ralph Macchio) the art of Goju-ryu karate in The Karate Kid. He then wrote and starred in the World War II romance film Captive Hearts (1987). They met shortly after he fled to the United States over a disagreement of another woman.A younger Mr. Miyagi got a job at a sugar plantation in Hawaii, whereupon she was one of his coworkers, and they fell in love immediately, and soon married. Morita would entertain customers with jokes and serve as master of ceremonies for group dinners. https://thekaratekid.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Miyagi?oldid=11683. He was cremated at Palm Green Valley Mortuary and Cemetery in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morita had a cameo appearance in the 2001 Alien Ant Farm music video "Movies". Both made history for being among the few TV shows with an Asian American series lead. [17] He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a corresponding Golden Globe Award, reprising his role in three sequels: The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and The Next Karate Kid (1994), the last of which starred Hilary Swank instead of Macchio. Morita's first movie roles were as a stereotypical henchman in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and another similarly-stereotypical role in The Shakiest Gun In The West (1968), starring Don Knotts. His stardom reached new heights after he reprised this role in The Karate Kid Part II, The Karate Kid Part III and The Next Karate Kid. He was known for his roles as Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days (19751983), Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid film series, Mike Woo in The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, and The Emperor of China in Mulan and Mulan II. Every year of the night of the comminique of his wife and son's death, Mr. Miyagi would sing a Japanese song of sadness and drink a toast to them. He had a recurring role on the show Happy Days as Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi, owner of the diner Arnold's for the show's third season (19751976) and made guest appearances in 1977 and 1979, during the show's fourth and sixth season, respectively. Later, a recurring role as South Korean Army Captain Sam Pak on the sitcom M*A*S*H (1973, 1974) helped advance the comedian's acting career. Morita went on to play Tommy Tanaka in the Kirk Douglas-starring television movie Amos, receiving his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination and second Golden Globe Award nomination for the role. Morita had another notable recurring television role on Sanford and Son (19741976) as Ah Chew, a good-natured friend of Lamont Sanford. Noriyuki, as Pat was named, had a brother named Hideo (Harry) who was twelve years older. While going into labor with the baby, she had complications, and there were no doctors to treat her. Morita's appearance in the video spoofed his role in The Karate Kid. His memory tested five times before Weintraub himself offered him the role ]. And decided to quit his job and try show business morita at the Age of 73 the fall of. 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