Daniel was still 18 in The Karate Kid Part III; the 1985 All-Valley Karate tournament presumably took place in December once again but Daniel wasn't shown celebrating another birthday so it's not clear if he was still 18 or if he was already 19 when he defeated Mike Barnes.
The Karate Kid Part II occurred in the summer following Daniel's battle with Johnny Lawrence at the All-Valley Tournament, so Daniel and Mr. Miyagi's trip to Japan occurred in 1985. So, the character is still 18 through his and Ally's breakup, as well as his big battle with Chozen.
The Next Karate Kid is a 1994 American martial arts drama film directed by Christopher Cain, produced by Jerry Weintraub, and written by Mark Lee. It serves as the fourth installment in the Karate Kid franchise, following The Karate Kid Part III (1989).
In 1984, 17-year-old Daniel LaRusso and his mother Lucille move from Newark, New Jersey, to Reseda, Los Angeles, California. Their apartment's handyman is an eccentric but kind and humble Okinawan immigrant named Mr. Miyagi.
Robyn Lively was 16 years old when during the filming of The Karate Kid Part III. However, her character Jessica was born in 1967, and she would have been 18 or 19 years old during the events of the film in 1985.
Daniel and Jessica were never actually romantically involved in The Karate Kid Part III (because Ralph Macchio was a decade older than Robyn Lively when they shot the film), but Andrews and LaRusso evidently stayed in touch over the years. Thanks to Jessica introducing Daniel to her cousin, he met his wife.
According to Screen Rant, Shue did not reprise her role as Ali in The Karate Kid Part II due to her academic commitment as a student at Harvard University. Shue wasn't sure that The Karate Kid fans would even care if she returned as Ali in Cobra Kai, but she eventually agreed to reprise her role.
In the same movie, his co-star, Thomas Ian Griffith, was playing Terry Silver, a character much older than his real age at that time of 28. So, although Terry Silver may appear to be many years Daniel LaRusso's senior in the world of Karate Kid and Cobra Kai, in reality, Macchio is older than Griffith.
The Karate Kid Part III is a 1989 American martial arts drama film, the third entry in the Karate Kid franchise and a sequel to The Karate Kid Part II (1986).
Release. The film is scheduled to be released on May 30, 2025 in the United States. The film was originally set to be released on June 7, 2024, but was delayed to December 13, 2024, due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. It was moved once more to May 30, 2025, so that it wouldn't conflict with the final season of Cobra Kai.
Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master. Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.
Miyagi was 86 years old, when he died in 2011. In 1984, the year the first Karate Kid was filmed, his character would have been around 59 years old. The actor, Pat Morita, who played Mr. Miyagi was 52 years old in 1984.
The titular character, originally named Danny Webber, was renamed Daniel LaRusso to suit Macchio's Italian-American heritage. In the film, Daniel is a New Jersey kid who has just relocated to California and is suffering at the hands of a gang of boys who are part of a local karate school called Cobra Kai.
They bond over their mutual amusement over how absurd it seems. Ali, Johnny, and Daniel then tell stories of high school over dinner. During this time, Ali reveals that what actually caused her breakup with Daniel was his jealousy over a college friend of hers (which Daniel mistook for a love affair).
Miyagi fought against the Japanese Empire in the Second World War and while he was doing that his wife Mrs. Miyagi, gave birth to a son inside an internment camp and got sick and they didn't send any doctor to her so she and the son both died. Mr. Miyagi still won a medal of honour for being a war hero.
As a way of saying "thank you," Miyagi taught him karate (and Pierce taught him ballroom dancing). While still fighting overseas, he received a telegram informing him that on November 2, 1944, his wife and newborn child (who were still interned at Manzanar) died due to "complications arising from childbirth".
Johnny has been in most installments in the Karate Kid franchise (including Cobra Kai), but wasn't in the third movie, which saw Kreese (Martin Kove) try to take revenge on Daniel by training a new opponent for him to fight. Johnny wasn't involved because his story had already been told in the first film.
Terrance "Terry" Silver is a fictional character in The Karate Kid media franchise, portrayed by actor and martial artist Thomas Ian Griffith. He is introduced in The Karate Kid Part III (1989), serving as the main antagonist.
John Kreese: Kreese joined the army at 1965, he had probably 18 years in order to be able to join the army, so he is 71 years old at his first apparition on Cobra Kai and during season 2, and 72 at season 4. And he was 37 years old at the events of Karate Kid 1.
In "The Karate Kid Part III," artsy Jessica Andrews (Robyn Lively) is a young girl who works and lives in a pottery shop across the street from Daniel and Mr. Miyagi's new bonsai shop. She seems like the perfect love interest for Daniel, and the two quickly become friends.
