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      Mako

      Mako

      Highest Rated: 89% Testament (1983)

      Lowest Rated: Not Available

      Birthday: Dec 10, 1933

      Birthplace: Kobe, Japan

      Born and raised in Japan, Mako moved to the USA after WWII. An architecture student, he got into set design and later acting through some friends in off-Broadway theater and later studied at the Pasadena Playhouse. He co-founded an Asian-American theater company, the East/West Players, with six other actors in 1965 and was noticed by Hollywood shortly thereafter. Mako's first major film role won him an Oscar nomination and remains his most memorable: that of Po-Han, the funny, tragic engine-room attendant and surprise boxing champ in "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), starring Steve McQueen.

      Highest rated movies

      Testament
      The Sand Pebbles
      Tucker: The Man and His Dream Conan the Barbarian
      The Big Brawl
      The Killer Elite
      Seven Years in Tibet
      Pacific Heights

      Photos

      SAND PEBBLES, Mako, Steve McQueen, 1966, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. SIDEKICKS, Beau Bridges, Danica McKellar, Mako, 1992, (c)Triumph Releasing Corporation THE HAWAIIANS, from left: Tina Chen, Mako, 1970 SIDEKICKS, Jonathan Brandis, Mako, 1992, (c)Triumph Releasing TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS, Mako (second from left), right left to right: Thom sharp, Jim Belushi, John de Lancie, 1990, © Buena Vista

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      36% 60% TMNT Splinter (Voice) $54.1M 2007
      36% 83% Memoirs of a Geisha Sakamoto (Character) $57.0M 2005
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cages Unknown (Character) - 2005
      23% 38% Bulletproof Monk Mr. Kojima (Character) $23.0M 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Deception Straw Hat (Character) - 2001
      24% 66% Pearl Harbor Admiral Yamamoto (Character) $198.5M 2001
      No Score Yet 90% Samurai Jack: The Trilogy Aku (Voice) - 2001
      76% 56% Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Mr. Yamaguchi (Voice) $76.5M 2000
      No Score Yet 85% The Bird People in China Shen (Character) - 1998
      No Score Yet 57% Balance of Power Todo Matsumoto (Character) - 1997
      No Score Yet 75% Riot Mr. Lee (Character) - 1997
      58% 73% Seven Years in Tibet Kungo Tsarong (Character) $37.9M 1997
      No Score Yet 33% Sworn to Justice Mr. Young (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet 42% A Dangerous Place Sensei (Character) - 1995
      No Score Yet 72% Crying Freeman Shudo Shimazaki (Character) - 1995
      No Score Yet 27% Blood for Blood Buun Som (Character) - 1995
      No Score Yet 50% Red Sun Rising Buntoro Iga (Character) - 1994
      5% 28% Highlander III: The Sorcerer Nakano (Character) - 1994
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cultivating Charlie Katsu (Character) - 1994
      26% 48% Sidekicks Mr. Lee (Character) $14.5M 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet My Samurai Mr. Tszing (Character) - 1993
      9% 15% RoboCop 3 Kanemitsu (Character) $8.9M 1993
      33% 40% Rising Sun Yoshida-san (Character) $62.5M 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Nightingale Narrator (Character) - 1992
      36% 63% The Perfect Weapon Kim (Character) $11.8M 1991
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Strawberry Road Unknown (Character) - 1991
      No Score Yet 100% Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes Sgt. Moritaki (Character) - 1990
      52% 48% Pacific Heights Toshio Watanabe (Character) $27.9M 1990
      33% 52% Taking Care of Business Mr. Sakamoto (Character) $20.0M 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder in Paradise Capt. Kilalo (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet 80% Fatal Mission Trang (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet An Unremarkable Life Max Chin (Character) - 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wash Nobu Matsumoto (Character) $13.5K 1988
      No Score Yet 33% Silent Assassins Oyama (Character) - 1988
      81% 68% Tucker: The Man and His Dream Jimmy Sakuyama (Character) $19.2M 1988
      No Score Yet 31% P.O.W. The Escape Capt. Vinh (Character) - 1986
      No Score Yet 33% Armed Response Akira Tanaka (Character) - 1986
      No Score Yet 50% Kung Fu: The Movie The Manchu (Character) - 1986
      26% 38% Conan the Destroyer Akiro 'The Wizard' (Character) - 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hawaiian Heat Maj. Taro Oshira (Character) - 1984
      89% 74% Testament Mike (Character) - 1983
      No Score Yet 50% The Last Ninja Aitaro Sakura (Character) - 1983
      67% 74% Conan the Barbarian The Wizard (Character) - 1982
      No Score Yet 39% An Eye for an Eye James Chan (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet 35% The Bushido Blade Enjiro (Character) - 1981
      0% 48% Under the Rainbow Nakomuri (Character) - 1981
      67% 43% The Big Brawl Herbert (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet When Hell Was in Session Maj. Bai (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Farewell to Manzanar Fukimoto (Character) - 1976
      60% 33% The Killer Elite Yuen Chung (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Prisoners Sgt. Nguyen (Character) - 1975
      50% 47% The Island at the Top of the World Oomiak (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders Tao Gan (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet 57% The Green Hornet Low Sing (Character) - 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Kenji (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet If Tomorrow Comes Tadashi (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet 83% Silence Unknown (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet 52% The Hawaiians Mun Ki (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Challenge Yuro (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet 29% The Great Bank Robbery Secret Agent Fong (Character) - 1969
      85% 88% The Sand Pebbles Po-han (Character) - 1966
      No Score Yet 73% The Ugly Dachshund Kenji (Character) - 1966

      TV

      Credit
      89% 88% Monk Master Zi (Guest Star) 2005
      93% 95% Samurai Jack Aku (Voice) 2002-2004
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Sash Master Li (Character) 2003
      78% No Score Yet Diagnosis Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Martial Law Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
      No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
      40% No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
      95% 94% Frasier Sam Tanaka (Guest Star) 1994
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lovejoy Unknown (Character) 1991
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns of Paradise Unknown (Character) 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Jimmy Thanarat (Guest Star) 1988
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tour of Duty Tran (Guest Star) 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Spenser: For Hire Unknown (Character) 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hawaiian Heat Maj. Taro Oshira (Character) 1984
      56% 64% The A-Team Lin Duk Coo (Guest Star) 1983
      100% No Score Yet Greatest American Hero Master of Flowers (Guest Star) 1983
      No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Tozan (Guest Star) 1983
      No Score Yet No Score Yet CHiPs Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Facts of Life Mr. Wakamatsu (Guest Star) 1982
      25% No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
      No Score Yet 87% M*A*S*H Li Han (Guest Star) 1974 1976 1979-1980
      No Score Yet 76% Incredible Hulk Unknown (Guest Star) 1978-1979
      100% 81% Wonder Woman Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
      84% 79% Columbo Kanji Ousu (Guest Star) 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Tami Okada (Character) 1974
      No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Room 222 Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Kenji (Guest Star) 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Valley Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Vacation Playhouse Simba (Character) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet F Troop Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet 100% The Green Hornet Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet I Spy Unknown (Guest Star) 1965-1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wackiest Ship in the Army Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gidget Casey (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet 54% I Dream of Jeannie Kato (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Ito Nakayama (Guest Star) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gallant Men Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lloyd Bridges Show Akai Takahashi (Guest Star) 1962