I think he was arguably the greatest Japanese American actor ever. Who can deny that his Mr. Miyagi was funny and complex and undeniably a real fleshed-out character(that performance even granted him the honor of being the first Asian-American nominated for an acting Oscar). In fact he was pretty much the only thing saving what would have otherwise been a crappy B-movie starring who knows, Chuck Norris? He broke through a lot of stereotypes and I'm betting because of him, it was a lot easier for Japanese American actors who came to Hollywood after him.
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
1932 - 2005
R.I.P.
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