Mako
Known for: Acting
Born: December 10, 1933
Died: July 21, 2006
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 mar…
Known for
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
1980
Cages
2007
The Last Ninja
1983
The Wash
1988
Nightingale
1992
Pacific Overtures
1976
Karate Sensei
1975
The Big Brawl
1980
Silence
1971
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
1974
Balance of Power
1996
Yokahama Mama
1972
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
2017
Strawberry Road
1991
The Bird People in China
1998
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986
Armed Response
1986
P.O.W. The Escape
1986
Girls of the White Orchid
1983
Red Sun Rising
1994
Fatal Mission
1990
Midnight Man
1995
An Unremarkable Life
1989
A Dangerous Place
1994
When Hell Was in Session
1979
The Perfect Weapon
1991
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
Murder in Paradise
1990
Alegría
1999
Anatomy of a Song
1976
TMNT
2007
Pacific Heights
1990
Sidekicks
1992
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994
Conan the Destroyer
1984
Silent Assassins
1988
The Island at the Top of the World
1974
The Hawaiians
1970
The Sea Wolf
1997
Hawaiian Heat
1984
Seven Years in Tibet
1997
The Sand Pebbles
1966
The Killer Elite
1975
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988
An Eye for an Eye
1981
Sworn to Justice
1996
The Green Hornet
1974
Prisoners
1975
Wataridori: Birds of Passage
1976
My Samurai
1992
The Nightingale
1983
Bulletproof Monk
2003
Rising Sun
1993
The Slanted Screen
2006
Farewell to Manzanar
1976
If Tomorrow Comes
1971
RoboCop 3
1993
The Challenge
1970
Under the Rainbow
1981
Cruel Game
2002
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968
Crying Freeman
1995
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Taking Care of Business
1990
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
Rise: Blood Hunter
2007
The Accomplice
1999
Riot
1997
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
Testament
1983
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000
The Bushido Blade
1981
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
1965
Pearl Harbor
2001
Never So Few
1959
Fools
1970
The Time Tunnel
1966
The Gallant Men
1962
Columbo
1971
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
2000
M*A*S*H
1972
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Burke's Law
1963
Martial Law
1998
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
Kung Fu
1972
F Troop
1965
The A-Team
1983
Gidget
1965
The Facts of Life
1979
The F.B.I.
1965
Love, American Style
1969
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Monk
2002
The Greatest American Hero
1981
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Flamingo Road
1981
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Room 222
1969
Mannix
1967
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
2004
Frasier
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
A Man Called Sloane
1979
Platypus Man
1995
The Equalizer
1985
Wonder Woman
1975
JAG
1995
Voyagers!
1982
7th Heaven
1996
Lovejoy
1986
Ironside
1967
Khan!
1975
Maid in Akihabara
2005
Anna and the King
1972
Paradise
1988
Tour of Duty
1987
Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982
McHale's Navy
1962
Mr. T and Tina
1976
The Big Valley
1965
Black Sash
2003
Supercarrier
1988
Hawaiian Heat
1984
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
The Green Hornet
1966
Visions
1976
Lost at Home
2003
The West Wing
1999
Samurai Jack
2001
Duck Dodgers
2003
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Ensign O'Toole
1962
The Paradise Club
1989
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Broadside
1964
Arrest and Trial
1963
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Tony Awards
1956
Supertrain
1979