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MiyagiвЂ™s house was вЂњa rundown shack in a weedy yard until the construction crew descended upon it. According to The Karate Kid press kit, Mr. With those three confirmations under our belt, Owen, Mike, Chas and I got to work in searching for any visual markers that might still be in existence at the site.

#MISTER MIYAGI MOVIE#

He told me that the railroad tracks and oil derricks seen in the movie were fake and that both the first and second Karate Kid movies had been shot on the premises.

The gentleman, who could NOT have been nicer, wound up speaking with me for a good twenty minutes or so filling me in on the filming. MiyagiвЂ™s house used to be, but it was torn down a long time ago and a duplex has since been built in its place.вЂќ Upon hearing those words I almost passed out from excitement. He immediately pointed in the direction of 20924 Gault and said, вЂњSee that short palm tree there next to the three tall palm tress, thatвЂ™s where Mr. Not wanting to alter or steer his memories in a certain direction, I decided to keep my questioning as vague as possible and asked if he happened to know if the movie The Karate Kid had been filmed in the area. Hoping he would be able to verify R.J.вЂ™s information, I asked how long he had lived on the premises and when he answered, вЂњSince 1971,вЂќ I practically started salivating. Thankfully, the stalking gods were smiling down upon this particular venture because shortly after arriving at the location, I happened to spot a man pulling into a driveway down the street. at the time, I headed right on over there the following day. Two unrelated people coming forward with the exact same information was enough to convince me, so since I was in L.A. As it so happens, 20924 Gault lies smack dab between Independence and DeSoto Avenues, which fell in line with the comment on ChasвЂ™ site. MiyagiвЂ™s house was formerly located at 20924 Gault Street in Canoga Park. Lewis, who checked his files and reported back that Mr. Then, the day after receiving my text, he managed to track down Karate Kid executive producer R.J. My family has lived in the neighborhood forever and I remember as a kid being able to witness the filming of the movie.вЂќ While seemingly a great lead, because the area had changed so much in the ensuing years, Chas had a hard time verifying it. MiyagiвЂ™s house is torn down but was located on Gault St. MiyagiвЂ™s house was in June of last year when an anonymous commenter posted this on his site: вЂњMr. Those texts got everyone started on an intense search which led to the locale being found just a few days later! Woo to the hoo!Д¬has informed me that the best tip he had ever gotten regarding the location of Mr.

I quickly sent out texts to Mike, from MovieShotsLA, Owen, of the When Write Is Wrong blog and Chas, of ItвЂ™sFilmedThere, asking them for any information they had. And as soon as the credits started to roll, I became hell-bent on tracking down Mr. Now that I have, I am in utter shock that the movie remained off my radar for so long. He immediately purchased the flick on iTunes and forced me to watch it. (Well, I saw it in the theatre when it first came out, but did not remember it at all.) The Grim Cheaper did not learn of this fact until two Saturdays ago and he was so upset when he did that IвЂ™m surprised he did not divorce me on the spot. While I had long been aware of the enigma surrounding the locale, I had never actually seen The Karate Kid until two weeks ago. It was common knowledge that the residence had been demolished in the late вЂ80s, but no stalker had ever been able to track down its former whereabouts вЂ“ until now that is. Miyagi (Pat Morita) lived in the 1984 classic The Karate Kid. One of the greatest filming location mysteries to ever exist was that of the house where Mr.

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