Mako

Mako

Birthday: 1933-12-10

Deathday: 2006-07-21

Place of birth: Kobe, Japan

Also known as: Mako Iwamatsu, Mako Wakamatsu, Μάκο Ιβαμάτσου, Iwamatsu Mako, 岩松信, マコ岩松, ماکو

imdb_id: nm0538683

Biography:

Mako was born in Kobe, Japan, the son of noted children's book author and illustrator Taro Yashima. His parents moved to the United States when he was a small child. He joined them there after World War II, in 1949, joining the military in the 1950s. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1956. When Mako first joined his parents in the USA, he studied architecture. During his military service, he discovered his theatrical talent, and trained at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Mako was married to actress Shizuko Hoshi with whom he had two daughters (both are actresses) and three grandchildren.

Played in movies:

Strawberry Road

Score: 10.0

The Slanted Screen

Score: 10.0

Pacific Overtures

Score: 9.0

Fatal Mission

Score: 9.0

Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie

Score: 8.2

If Tomorrow Comes

Score: 8.0

Memoirs of a Geisha

Score: 7.7

Silence

Score: 7.2

The Sand Pebbles

Score: 7.2

The Bird People in China

Score: 7.2

Seven Years in Tibet

Score: 7.2

When Hell Was in Session

Score: 7.0

Pearl Harbor

Score: 6.9

Conan the Barbarian

Score: 6.8

The Green Hornet

Score: 6.8

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

Score: 6.7

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Score: 6.7

The Ugly Dachshund

Score: 6.6

Alegría: An Enchanting Fable

Score: 6.6

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Score: 6.6

The Island at the Top of the World

Score: 6.4

Crying Freeman

Score: 6.3

Testament

Score: 6.3

The Great Bank Robbery

Score: 6.3

Taking Care of Business

Score: 6.3

Pacific Heights

Score: 6.3

The Perfect Weapon

Score: 6.2

Rising Sun

Score: 6.1

Conan the Destroyer

Score: 6.1

Balance of Power

Score: 6.1

A Dangerous Place

Score: 6.1

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

Score: 6.1

TMNT

Score: 6.1

Farewell to Manzanar

Score: 6.0

The Challenge

Score: 6.0

The Big Brawl

Score: 5.9

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

Score: 5.8

The Killer Elite

Score: 5.7

The Hawaiians

Score: 5.6

Bulletproof Monk

Score: 5.5

Riot

Score: 5.5

The Accomplice

Score: 5.5

Never So Few

Score: 5.4

The Bushido Blade

Score: 5.4

Sworn to Justice

Score: 5.4

Rise: Blood Hunter

Score: 5.4

Kung Fu: The Movie

Score: 5.3

Under the Rainbow

Score: 5.3

Sidekicks

Score: 5.2

McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force

Score: 5.2

Girls of the White Orchid

Score: 5.2

An Eye for an Eye

Score: 5.2

Midnight Man

Score: 5.1

Yokahama Mama

Score: 5.0

Silent Assassins

Score: 4.9

RoboCop 3

Score: 4.9

Armed Response

Score: 4.8

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

Score: 4.8

Murder in Paradise

Score: 4.7

P.O.W. The Escape

Score: 4.6

Red Sun Rising

Score: 4.5

My Samurai

Score: 4.0

The Sea Wolf

Score: 4.0

Cages

Score: 4.0

The Nightingale

Score: 3.7

The Last Ninja

Score: 3.2

Hawaiian Heat

Score: 3.0

Cruel Game

Score: 2.5

Fools

Score: 1.0

Wataridori: Birds of Passage

Score: 0.0

Prisoners

Score: 0.0

Nightingale

Score: 0.0

An Unremarkable Life

Score: 0.0

Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders

Score: 0.0

The Wash

Score: 0.0

Hito Hata: Raise the Banner

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Score: 8.8

Samurai Jack

Score: 8.5

The West Wing

Score: 8.3

Columbo

Score: 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

Tour of Duty

Score: 8.0

Monk

Score: 8.0

M*A*S*H

Score: 7.9

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Score: 7.9

I Dream of Jeannie

Score: 7.8

Arrest and Trial

Score: 7.7

Frasier

Score: 7.7

Kung Fu

Score: 7.7

The Time Tunnel

Score: 7.6

Black Sash

Score: 7.5

Voyagers!

Score: 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

Score: 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

Score: 7.5

The A-Team

Score: 7.5

Duck Dodgers

Score: 7.4

Duck Dodgers

Score: 7.4

JAG

Score: 7.3

Lovejoy

Score: 7.3

Magnum, P.I.

Score: 7.3

The Incredible Hulk

Score: 7.3

The Green Hornet

Score: 7.2

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!

Score: 7.2

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

Score: 7.2

The Greatest American Hero

Score: 7.2

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

The Equalizer

Score: 7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

Score: 7.1

The Facts of Life

Score: 7.1

Martial Law

Score: 7.1

Wonder Woman

Score: 7.0

Walker, Texas Ranger

Score: 7.0

Walker, Texas Ranger

Score: 7.0

Ironside

Score: 6.8

Mannix

Score: 6.7

Spenser: For Hire

Score: 6.7

77 Sunset Strip

Score: 6.7

McHale's Navy

Score: 6.6

McHale's Navy

Score: 6.6

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Score: 6.6

Ensign O'Toole

Score: 6.5

Anna and the King

Score: 6.5

7th Heaven

Score: 6.4

Gidget

Score: 6.4

F Troop

Score: 6.2

Love, American Style

Score: 6.1

The Big Valley

Score: 6.1

Broadside

Score: 6.0

Broadside

Score: 6.0

Burke's Law

Score: 6.0

Visions

Score: 6.0

Room 222

Score: 6.0

Flamingo Road

Score: 6.0

Burke's Law

Score: 6.0

The Gallant Men

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

The Paradise Club

Score: 5.8

Bring 'Em Back Alive

Score: 5.7

Supercarrier

Score: 5.5

Paradise

Score: 5.4

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.4

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.4

The Lloyd Bridges Show

Score: 5.0

Khan!

Score: 5.0

A Man Called Sloane

Score: 5.0

Supertrain

Score: 5.0

Mr. T and Tina

Score: 4.3

Maid in Akihabara

Score: 4.0

Hawaiian Heat

Score: 3.0

Platypus Man

Score: 2.0

Lost at Home

Score: 0.0