Mako
Acting
1933-12-10 · Kobe, Japan
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.
Filmography
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
2017 · Movie
Rise: Blood Hunter
2007 · Movie
TMNT
2007 · Movie
Cages
2007 · Movie
The Slanted Screen
2006 · Movie
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 · Movie
Maid in Akihabara
2005 · Series
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005 · Series
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
2004 · Series
Duck Dodgers
2003 · Series
Lost at Home
2003 · Series
Bulletproof Monk
2003 · Movie
Cruel Game
2002 · Movie
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002 · Series
Monk
2002 · Series
Samurai Jack
2001 · Series
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Movie
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000 · Movie
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
2000 · Series
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000 · Movie
The West Wing
1999 · Series
The Accomplice
1999 · Movie
Alegría
1999 · Movie
Martial Law
1998 · Series
The Bird People in China
1998 · Movie
Seven Years in Tibet
1997 · Movie
Riot
1997 · Movie
The Sea Wolf
1997 · Movie
Sworn to Justice
1996 · Movie
7th Heaven
1996 · Series
Balance of Power
1996 · Movie
JAG
1995 · Series
Midnight Man
1995 · Movie
Crying Freeman
1995 · Movie
Platypus Man
1995 · Series
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994 · Movie
A Dangerous Place
1994 · Movie
Red Sun Rising
1994 · Movie
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Series
Frasier
1993 · Series
Rising Sun
1993 · Movie
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Series
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · Series
RoboCop 3
1993 · Movie
Sidekicks
1992 · Movie
Nightingale
1992 · Movie
My Samurai
1992 · Movie
Strawberry Road
1991 · Movie
The Perfect Weapon
1991 · Movie
Pacific Heights
1990 · Movie
Taking Care of Business
1990 · Movie
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990 · Movie
Fatal Mission
1990 · Movie
Murder in Paradise
1990 · Movie
An Unremarkable Life
1989 · Movie
The Paradise Club
1989 · Series
Paradise
1988 · Series
The Wash
1988 · Movie
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 · Movie
Silent Assassins
1988 · Movie
Supercarrier
1988 · Series
Tour of Duty
1987 · Series
Armed Response
1986 · Movie
P.O.W. The Escape
1986 · Movie
Kung Fu: The Movie
1986 · Movie
Lovejoy
1986 · Series
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · Series
The Equalizer
1985 · Series
Hawaiian Heat
1984 · Series
Hawaiian Heat
1984 · Movie
Conan the Destroyer
1984 · Movie
Girls of the White Orchid
1983 · Movie
Testament
1983 · Movie
The Last Ninja
1983 · Movie
The Nightingale
1983 · Movie
The A-Team
1983 · Series
Voyagers!
1982 · Series
Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982 · Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Series
Conan the Barbarian
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
An Eye for an Eye
1981 · Movie
Under the Rainbow
1981 · Movie
The Bushido Blade
1981 · Movie
The Greatest American Hero
1981 · Series
Flamingo Road
1981 · Series
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Series
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
1980 · Movie
The Big Brawl
1980 · Movie
When Hell Was in Session
1979 · Movie
A Man Called Sloane
1979 · Series
The Facts of Life
1979 · Series
Supertrain
1979 · Series
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Series
Visions
1976 · Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
Mr. T and Tina
1976 · Series
Pacific Overtures
1976 · Movie
Anatomy of a Song
1976 · Movie
Farewell to Manzanar
1976 · Movie
Wataridori: Birds of Passage
1976 · Movie
The Killer Elite
1975 · Movie
Wonder Woman
1975 · Series
Prisoners
1975 · Movie
Karate Sensei
1975 · Movie
Khan!
1975 · Series
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
1974 · Movie
The Island at the Top of the World
1974 · Movie
The Green Hornet
1974 · Movie
Yokahama Mama
1972 · Movie
Kung Fu
1972 · Series
M*A*S*H
1972 · Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Movie
Anna and the King
1972 · Series
If Tomorrow Comes
1971 · Movie
Silence
1971 · Movie
Columbo
1971 · Series
Fools
1970 · Movie
The Hawaiians
1970 · Movie
The Challenge
1970 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
Room 222
1969 · Series
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
The Sand Pebbles
1966 · Movie
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Series
The Green Hornet
1966 · Series
The Ugly Dachshund
1966 · Movie
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Series
The Big Valley
1965 · Series
Gidget
1965 · Series
F Troop
1965 · Series
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
1965 · Movie
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
McHale's Navy
1962 · Series
The Gallant Men
1962 · Series
Ensign O'Toole
1962 · Series
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · Series
Never So Few
1959 · Movie
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Black Sash
Series