Sato" has been grooming the youngster forever, filling his head with all manner of contrivances, steeping him for vengeance. Two hours movie time later "Sato" pulls the rug out from under the poor thing, casts him out like trash & pals up once again with "Miyagi."

It's akin to the treatment that "Wallace" gives his fellows in "Braveheart." He will not fight for money, marbles nor chalk, categorically refuses to, but, when he suffers first hand everybody has to come and fight for him. There is no cajoling, begging, et al now. Uh, uh. They just come out in droves to avenge his wife's murder. The kicker here? The guy who's wife had to spend her wedding night with a strange man is told to "Be quick about it." by "Wallace" when he finally has the man at advantage. The freakin' nerve. I'd a told "Wallace" to bugger off and I'd a taken all the time I cared to..

You... really don't know much about Asia do you? Granted, there were one or two moments that seemed a bit odd, but the rest seemed to fall fairly well in line with Asia and "face" culture. Just outright attacking out of the blue wouldn't have served him very well, which is why he used it as a last resort (just before the father's death scene).