Mako

Mako

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

10/12/1933

Day of Death

21/07/2006
(73) years old

Place of Birth

Kobe, Japan

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.... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2007

TMNT

as Splinter (voice)

2006

The Slanted Screen

as Himself

2005

Memoirs of a Geisha

as Sakamoto

2005

Cages

as Tan

2003

Bulletproof Monk

as Mr. Kojima

2002

Cruel Game

as Straw Hat

2001

Pearl Harbor

as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

2000

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

as Mr. Yamaguchi (voice)

2000

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

as The Wizard (archive footage)

1997

Seven Years in Tibet

as Kungo Tsarong

1997

Riot

as Mr. Lee

1996

Sworn to Justice

as Mr. Young

1996

Balance of Power

as Todo Matsumoto

1995

Midnight Man

as Buun Som

1995

Crying Freeman

as Shudo Shimazaki

1994

A Dangerous Place

as Sensei

1994

Red Sun Rising

as Buntoro Iga

1993

Rising Sun

as Yoshida-san

1993

RoboCop 3

as Kanemitsu

1992

Sidekicks

as Mr. Lee

1992

Nightingale

as Narrator (voice)

1991

Strawberry Road

as Frank Machida

1990

Pacific Heights

as Toshio Watanabe

1990

Taking Care of Business

as Mr. Sakamoto

1990

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

as Sgt. Moritaki

1990

Fatal Mission

as Trang

1990

Murder in Paradise

as Capt. Kilalo

1989

An Unremarkable Life

as Max Chin

1988

The Wash

as Nobu Matsumoto

1988

Silent Assassins

as Oyama

1986

Armed Response

as Akira Tanaka

1986

P.O.W. The Escape

as Capt. Vinh

1986

Kung Fu: The Movie

as The Manchu

1984

Hawaiian Heat

as Maj. Taro Oshira

1984

Conan the Destroyer

as Akiro 'The Wizard'

1983

Testament

as Mike

1983

The Last Ninja

as Aitaro Sakura

1983

The Nightingale

as Gardener / Minister

1982

Conan the Barbarian

as The Wizard / Narrator

1981

An Eye for an Eye

as James Chan

1981

Under the Rainbow

as Nakomuri

1981

The Bushido Blade

as Enjiro

1980

The Big Brawl

as Herbert

1976

Pacific Overtures

as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble

1976

Farewell to Manzanar

as Fukimoto

1975

The Killer Elite

as Yuen Chung

1975

Prisoners

as Sgt. Nguyen

1974

The Green Hornet

as Low Sing

1972

Yokahama Mama

as Rooster (voice)

1971

If Tomorrow Comes

as Tadashi

1971

Silence

as Kichijiro

1970

Fools

as Psychiatrist

1970

The Hawaiians

as Mun Ki

1970

The Challenge

as Yuro

1969

The Great Bank Robbery

as Secret Agent Fong

1968

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell

as Calvin Coolidge Ishimura

1966

The Sand Pebbles

as Po-han

1966

The Ugly Dachshund

as Kenji

1965

McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force

as Japanese Submarine Captain (uncredited)

1959

Never So Few

as Soldier in Hospital

Crew

2007

TMNT

as In Memory Of

1971

Silence

as Production Design