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Makoto Iwamatsu, auch Mako (japanisch 岩松 信, Iwamatsu Makoto; * 10. Dezember 1933 in Kōbe, Japan; † 21. Juli 2006 in Somis, Kalifornien), war ein japanischer Schauspieler.
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Mako was born Makoto Iwamatsu in Kobe, Japan, the son of children's authors and illustrators Tomoe Sasako and Atsushi Iwamatsu, better known by their pen names Mitsu and Taro Yashima. In 1939, his parents, who were political dissidents, moved to the United States, leaving Mako in the care of his grandmother. Because his parents lived on the East Co...
Film
Mako's first film role was in Never So Few (1959). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as engine-room worker Po-Han in the film The Sand Pebbles (1966). Other roles include the Chinese contract laborer Mun Ki in the epic movie The Hawaiians (1970) starring Charlton Heston and Tina Chen; Oomiak, the Inuit guide, in Disney's The Island at the Top of the World (1974); Yuen Chung in the film The Killer Elite (1975) directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Ja...
Theater
In 1965, frustrated by the limited roles available to Asian-American actors, Mako and six others formed the East West Players theater company, first performing out of a church basement. During the company's 1981 season, to coincide with the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians' hearings on redress, Mako exclusively produced plays about the Japanese American incarceration.He remained artistic director of the company until 1989. Mako's Broadway career included creating t...
Television
Mako appeared on the television series McHale's Navy several times, playing Imperial Japanese officers, soldiers and sailors. In 1965, he appeared on Gidget as a member of a rival surf group. He later appeared on the television series M*A*S*H, playing multiple roles such as a Chinese doctor, a North Korean soldier, a South Korean medical doctor and a South Korean lieutenant. He appeared in an episode of the series The Time Tunnel as Lt. Nakamura in 1967. He appeared in an episode of the serie...
Mako was married to actress Shizuko Hoshi, with whom he had two daughters (both of whom are actresses) and three grandchildren.
Mako died in Somis, California, on July 21, 2006, at the age of 72, from esophageal cancer. One day before his death, Mako had been confirmed to star in the film TMNT as the voice of Splinter. Kevin Munroe, director of the film, confirmed that Mako had completed his recording.The producers dedicated the finished film to Mako. In the Avatar: The Las...
Mako at IMDbMako at the Internet Broadway DatabaseMako at Rotten TomatoesMako. Actor: Conan the Barbarian. Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941.
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- Kobe, Japan
- January 1, 1
- Somis, California, USA
Mako. Actor: Conan the Barbarian. Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941.
- December 10, 1933
- July 21, 2006
Makoto Iwamatsu dit Mako est un acteur japonais né le 10 décembre 1933 à Kōbe et mort le 21 juillet 2006 à Somis (États-Unis). Son rôle de Po-han dans La Canonnière du Yang-Tse (1966) lui vaut une nomination pour l'Oscar du meilleur acteur dans un second rôle.
- 10 décembre 1933Kōbe ( Japon)
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Dezember 1933 in Kōbe als Makoto Iwamatsu geboren und ist bekannt aus dem Film Kanonenboot am Yangtse-Kiang. Seine erste große Kinorolle spielte Mako in Kanonenboot am Yangtse-Kiang, und...
25. Juli 2006 · Mako, a distinguished stage and screen actor who was widely regarded as having blazed the trail for Asian-Americans in films, on television and in the theater, died on Friday at his home in Somis,...
