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The Sensei (2008) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2008 · 95 mins · English
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- Starring
- Louis Mandylor, Jonathan Camp, Tzi Ma, Keith David, Emily Kuroda, Kerry Knuppe
Lonely gay teenager McClain struggles to belong in a small, conservative Colorado town. After a brutal beating at school, he is taken under the wing of Karen O’Neil, a martial‑arts sensei who secretly trains him to defend himself. Their clandestine partnership soon becomes public, triggering a chain of devastating events that test both McClain’s courage and Karen’s resolve.
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