Watch The Karate Kid (1984) together, long-distance
coming-of-age film · teen film · romance film · martial arts film · 126 min
Open in HeraeAbout the film
The Karate Kid is a 1984 American martial arts drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by Robert Mark Kamen. It is the first film in The Karate Kid franchise. The film stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue and William Zabka. The story follows Daniel LaRusso (Macchio), an Italian-American teenager from New Jersey who moves with his widowed mother to the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles. There, LaRusso encounters harassment from bullies, one of whom is Johnny Lawrence (Zabka), the ex-boyfriend of LaRusso's love interest, Ali Mills (Shue). LaRusso is taught karate by handyman and war veteran Mr. Miyagi (Morita) to help LaRusso defend himself and compete in a karate tournament against his bullies. Kamen was approached by Columbia Pictures to compose a film similar to Avildsen's previous success Rocky (1976), after Columbia signed the director.
Where it streams
How to watch it together from different places
Each of you opens The Karate Kid on your own account. Herae keeps the two players in sync, so a pause or a skip happens for both of you, and puts a video call in the corner of the film so you can see each other react.
How watching together long-distance works
Title details from Wikidata (CC0). Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Artwork from TMDB and Wikimedia Commons. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.