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Important Question Concerning A Possible Continuity Error

posted 4 years ago by FootOfDavros (8237)
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So after Mr Miyagi's three day grace period is over, Chozen and his buddies turn up to collect him to go fight Sato.

No, says Mr Miyagi, I'm a farmer lover not a fighter. So they proceed to rip up and destroy some crop nearby.

The VERY NEXT season, Mr Miyagi walks up to Sato, who is training, gives him some chit chat re a block of wood, then just says he won't be fighting and walks off.

Question is:- Why didn't he just head over with Chozen in the first place and avoid getting the crop destroyed if he was just going to go anyway? And how come Sato didn't insist on fighting him there and then? It make no sense.

Unless the scene was edited into the film in the wrong place.

[–] Ripkens25 (2030) 4 years ago

For starters, (if memory serves) when Chozen and his henchmen started destroying the crops, Mr. Miyagi turned it into a lesson for Daniel....essentially just standing there and letting Chozen be hateful and unreasonable. The crops could be replaced. But Chozen was not going to impose his will on Mr. Miyagi through force, threats and destruction. That kind of act (destroying the crops) destroys the aggressor more than it hurts the protagonist. Again, crops can be repaired....much easier than a hateful heart and soul. Miyagi was not going to be FORCED to FIGHT. (Remember what he said in in the original film: "Never put passion before principal. Even if you win, you lose".

Also, Mr. Miyagi was not going to be intimidated or forced into something. He was going to go see Sato on his own terms, not by being forced or demanded to drive over there with Chozen.

When Mr. Miyagi DOES go see Sato.....he does so in peace. Even though Sato is a db for most of the movie, he does understand and respect "honor". It would have been a dishonorable act to attack Miyagi or demand a fight right there on the spot....when Miyagi simply came in peace to talk. In the end, Sato has good in his heart (as is shown later in the movie), and he (deep down) knows right from wrong.