Larry Houston
Director
The Karate Kid (1989)
Season 1
Daniel and his mentor Mr. Miyagi travel the world with their Okinawan friend Taki Tamurai in search of an ancient Japanese talisman stolen from an old fishing village.
Released Sept. 9, 1989
Episode 30 min
7+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation
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Production Companies: Saban Entertainment, DiC Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Television
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
French
S1E1 - My Brother's Keeper
Daniel befriends a young boy and pases on Miyagi's teaching in order to help him restore his position as Chief of the tribe.
Sept. 9, 1989, midnight
S1E2 - The Greatest Victory
Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki travel to Hong Kong and help the village fight off the Dragon and his evil henchmen.
Sept. 16, 1989, midnight
S1E3 - The Homecoming
The search for the shrine brings Daniel back to his old neighborhood and his first girlfriend.
Sept. 23, 1989, midnight
10.0
S1E4 - The Tomorrow Man
Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki go to Paris, where they follow a man named Mr. Whiskers, who is trying to buy the shrine. When they lose the shrine, Daniel goes to a fortune teller for help.
Sept. 30, 1989, midnight
S1E5 - All the World His Stage
While in London, United Kingdom, the trio get hired on a movie set about King Arthur, where Miyagi finds the power of the shrine has been drained into a prop sword, which is used by the film's leading man who then cannot separate reality from fantasy and thinks Taki is his actual bride, and Daniel is threatening him.
Oct. 14, 1989, midnight
S1E6 - The Paper Hero
After a padre in Mexico hides the shrine in a Mayan temple, it's up to Mr. Miyagi to keep it out of the hands of Madero, and evil bandit.
Oct. 21, 1989, midnight
S1E7 - Over the Rainbow
Miyagi and company follow the magic rainbow to a mountain paradise in the Himalayas where the stone has turned a well into the Fountain of Youth.
Oct. 28, 1989, midnight
S1E8 - The Return of the Shrine
Taki returns the shrine to her temple, but a thousand year feud between her family and the Ishida's makes them lose the shrine once again.
Nov. 4, 1989, midnight
S1E9 - Walkabout
Mr. Miyagi and friends follow the shrine to Australia where a tribe of Aborigines believe it should be offered to the god of the volcano.
Nov. 11, 1989, midnight
S1E10 - East Meets West
Miyagi, Daniel and Taki travel to the Soviet Union where Prof. Kirov is studying its magical powers.
Nov. 18, 1989, midnight
S1E11 - The Hunt
Mr. Miyagi has traced the shrine down to the coast of Norway where a whale has swallowed it and is attacking illegal whaling ships.
Dec. 2, 1989, midnight
S1E12 - The Gray Ghosts
The search for the shrine brings Miyagi and friends to San Francisco where they join a group of senior citizens in a car rally, hoping it will ultimately lead them to the shrine.
Dec. 9, 1989, midnight
S1E13 - A Little World of His Own
Miyagi and friends discover that the shrine has fallen into the hands of a lonely boy who is using it to make his own little world.
Dec. 16, 1989, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 390 min.
Released: Sept. 9, 1989
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 1989, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y7 / 7+
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