“Oh no, you need music precisely at a time like this ... an open competition from the three prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were the hardest hit by the quake, tsunami ...

Mr. Miyagi is an essential character within The Karate Kid universe, and his heartbreaking military backstory helped inform his mentor-like relationship with his protégé, Daniel LaRusso.

They don't have a world music flavor; we wanted to have something ... how do you guys approach Daniel's dream sequence when he fights Mr. Miyagi? Was there a different approach you guys wanted ...