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Sato is Ridiculous

posted 9 years ago by JediMasterMisu
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Don't get me wrong - I love this movie, including Sato.

But I can't help but think that he is very ridiculous, for several reasons.

1) For his belligerent nature and the hardcore karate master he's cracked up to be, Sato never does a damn thing. Like, he does literally nothing. He stands around in a suit (for the majority of the film), he gets his nephew and some punks to wreck Miyagi's garden (twice!), he tries to chop a block of wood (and fails), and he prays at a shrine. This guy is ALL talk. He attempts to intimidate our heroes, but does absolutely nothing else.

2) His VOICE. He goes around yelling throughout the whole movie "MIYAGI!" and "COWARD!" and my personal favorite "You see your father... THEN YOU SEE ME!!" He sounds absurd. And then after he has his change of heart, his gruff voice disappears and he talks normally all of a sudden! When he says very calmly to Daniel "What do you ask of me?" It's like, what happened?! Very hammy performance from Danny Kakemona, but I love it.

3) And finally, couldn't Miyagi have seriously have called the authorities or gotten a restraining order or something?! I mean the dude was literally harassing him and wanted to kill him. Jeez.

We... are going... to DIE!

[–] coorsbeer 9 years ago

There are very few lines as classic as what Sato says when Miyagi comes to rescue him during the typhoon.

"Now you come to fight me coward!!!"

It takes real dedication to pull off a line like that without cracking up.

[–] wears-alan 9 years ago

Would have been funnier if at that moment Miyagi said 'Quick Daniel-san, help Miyagi strangle this fat POS'!

It wasnt me, it was the other three. Hang them!

[–] kellymariekitty 8 years ago

😄 hahahaha

[–] fivepointstar 8 years ago

Sato was too pissed off to have any other expressions. Being cucked by your best friend and then him refusing you any chance to regain your honor tends to do that to a person.

[–] miles-bennett-dyson 9 years ago

The most ridiculous thing is his voice! It's so hilarious how much it changes after his switch from evil Sato to good Sato.

[–] Avatar1974 9 years ago

Danny Kamekona hammed it the hell up... reminds me of the bad guys that Bolo Yeung has played. Bolo is a very soft spoken guy whose favorite martial art is tàijíquán... In Bloodsport I'm pretty sure they overdubbed his voice entirely.

You just have to revel in the silliness though... Sato is far from the most absurd thing in this pantheon of crazy racist stereotypes... not quite as bad as Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffanys, but pretty damned bad.

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[–] harneytim 8 years ago

Haha dude wasn't trying to "chop" and/or break that slab of wood, knowledge before judgement.

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[–] Man-In-Black08 8 years ago

Sato finally went through his gender-reassignment surgery the day after the storm.

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[–] Robbmonster 8 years ago

So basically he's exactly the same as the - highly regarded - DeNiro in The Untouchables.

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[–] acirluster 7 years ago

Never seen a character in any movie that talked more and did less than Sato. I seriously doubt the guy really knew karate at all...but since he also knew that Miyagi would never try to retaliate against him no matter what he said, he could talk all the chit he wanted to and never had to worry about getting his bluff called.