Fails the Bechdel test
The Karate Kid Part II
1986. Directed by John G. Avildsen, written by Robert Mark Kamen.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Picks up where the first movie (Karate Kid) leaves off. Mr. Miyagi and Daniel take a trip to Okinawa to visit Mr Miyagi's dying father. After arriving Mr Miyagi finds he still has feelings for an old love. This stirs up trouble with an old rival that he originally left Okinawa to avoid. In the mean time Daniel encounters a new love and also makes some enemies.
- Released
- 20 Jun 1986
- Genres
- Action, Family, Sport
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 55 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Daniel 190 lines, man
- Miyagi 161 lines, man
- Kumiko 66 lines, woman
- Chozen 24 lines, man
- Sato 21 lines, man
- Dahiel 17 lines, man
- Yukia 14 lines
- Chozeh 11 lines, man
- Salesman 5 lines, man
- Chozem 4 lines
Full cast, 43 people
- Ralph Macchio as Daniel
- Pat Morita as Miyagi
- Danny Kamekona as Sato
- Nobu McCarthy as Yukie
- Yuji Okumoto as Chozen
- Tamlyn Tomita as Kumiko
- Joey Miyashima as Toshio
- Arsenio Trinidad as Ichiro
- Marc Hayashi as Taro
- Charlie Tanimoto as Miyagi's Father
- Martin Kove as Kreese
- Chad McQueen as Dutch
- Tony O'Dell as Jimmy
- Ron Thomas as Bobby
- Rob Garrison as Tommy
- Pat E. Johnson as Referee
- Bruce Malmuth as Announcer
- Eddie Smith as Bystander
- Garth Johnson as Autograph Fan
- Brett Johnson as Autograph Fan
- Will Hunt as Postman
- Evan James Malmuth as Cab Driver
- Lee Arnone as Stewardess
- Sarah Kendall as Stewardess #2
- Raymond Ma as Cab Driver in Okinawa
- George O'Hanlon, Jr. as Soldier
- Tsuruko Ohye as Village Woman
- Robert Fernandez as Watchman
- Natalie N. Hashimoto as Kumiko's Street Friend
- Diana Mar as Girl in Video Store
- BD Wong as Boy on Street
- Clarence Gilyard Jr. as G.I. #1
- Michael Morgan as G.I. #2
- Jack Eiseman as G.I. #3
- Jeffrey Rogers as G.I. #4
- Aaron Seville as G.I. #5
- Wes Chong as Sato's Houseman
- Traci Toguchi as Girl Bell Ringer
- William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence (uncredited)
- Antonia Franceschi as The Dancer on the Television Set (uncredited)
- Chris Tashima as The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
- Joey Banks as Okinawa Martial Arts Class Student (uncredited)
- Ron Pohnel as Military Student (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 50
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 55 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 31 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 to 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 13 to 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 49 |
| 19 to 20 | 1 | 11 |
| 21 to 22 | 11 | 22 |
| 23 to 24 | 3 | 31 |
| 25 to 26 | 25 | 19 |
| 27 to 28 | 1 | 32 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 to 32 | 5 | 5 |
| 33 to 34 | 4 | 14 |
| 35 to 36 | 2 | 4 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 12 |
| 39 to 40 | 2 | 12 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 13 |
| 43 to 44 | 5 | 23 |
| 45 to 46 | 1 | 3 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 3 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 26 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 13 are women's.
66 lines from women, 449 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 31 men in the cast. 1 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 161 of 585.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 160 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 13% of the words (497), men 87% (3,452).
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
49
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- John G. Avildsen (man)
- Written by
- Robert Mark Kamen (man)
- Produced by
- Jerry Weintraub (man)
- Shot by
- James Crabe (man)
- Edited by
- John G. Avildsen (man), David Garfield (man), Jane Kurson (woman)
- Music by
- Bill Conti (man)
- Production design by
- William J. Cassidy (man)
- Cast by
- Caro Jones (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
2 women, 17 men, 5 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 10 men, 7 not listed
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Production
4 women, 3 men, 9 not listed
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Art
1 women, 7 men, 7 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Tamlyn Tomita 20, Nobu McCarthy 51
Men
Ralph Macchio 24, Yuji Okumoto 27, Joey Miyashima 28, Marc Hayashi 28, Danny Kamekona 50, Pat Morita 53, Arsenio Trinidad 74
Exhibit G: the money
It made 8.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $13 million
- Box office
- $115 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 50 scenes and 585 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
