Mako
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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Time Tunnel
7.6
Columbo
8.088
The Gallant Men
6
Avatar: The Last Airbender
8.749
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
7.2
M*A*S*H
7.911
Supertrain
4.3
Burke's Law
6
77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Martial Law
7.1
Spenser: For Hire
6.7
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
6.62
F Troop
6.2
Kung Fu
7.6
The A-Team
7.5
Gidget
6.4
The Facts of Life
7
The F.B.I.
5.5
Love, American Style
6.056
I Dream of Jeannie
7.831
Monk
7.941
The Greatest American Hero
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
7.1
Flamingo Road
6
Walker, Texas Ranger
7
Room 222
6
Mannix
6.7
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
7.2
Frasier
7.674
Diagnosis: Murder
7.071
A Man Called Sloane
5
Platypus Man
2
The Equalizer
7.2
Wonder Woman
7
JAG
7.318
Voyagers!
7.506
7th Heaven
6.4
Lovejoy
7.3
Ironside
6.8
Khan!
5
Maid in Akihabara
4
Anna and the King
6.5
Paradise
5.4
Tour of Duty
8
McHale's Navy
6.7
Bring 'Em Back Alive
5.7
Mr. T and Tina
4.333
The Big Valley
6.1
Black Sash
8.7
Supercarrier
5.5
Hawaiian Heat
3
The Lloyd Bridges Show
5
The Green Hornet
7.1
Visions
6
Lost at Home
0
The West Wing
8.258
Samurai Jack
8.453
Tony Awards
5.1
Duck Dodgers
7.4
Duck Dodgers
7.4
Burke's Law
6
Faerie Tale Theatre
8.1
Ensign O'Toole
6.5
The Paradise Club
5.8
Quincy, M.E.
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
7.5
Broadside
6
Broadside
6
Arrest and Trial
7.667
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
7.864
The F.B.I.
5.5
Walker, Texas Ranger
7
The Incredible Hulk
7.242
McHale's Navy
6.7
Magnum, P.I.
7.275
Movies
Seven Years in Tibet
7.156
TMNT
6.133
Pearl Harbor
6.935
Rise: Blood Hunter
5.3
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
0
Pacific Heights
6.272
RoboCop 3
4.892
The Sand Pebbles
7.203
Sidekicks
5.249
Bulletproof Monk
5.499
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
4.743
The Killer Elite
5.77
Rising Sun
6.143
Conan the Destroyer
6.1
Conan the Barbarian
6.814
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
6.7
Silent Assassins
4.9
The Bird People in China
7.186
Cages
4
The Island at the Top of the World
6.407
An Eye for an Eye
5.183
The Last Ninja
3.2
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
6.6
The Challenge
6
Under the Rainbow
5.182
Kung Fu: The Movie
5.3
Armed Response
4.8
The Big Brawl
5.9
Silence
7.2
Sworn to Justice
5.5
The Hawaiians
5.4
Cruel Game
2.5
P.O.W. The Escape
4.6
Girls of the White Orchid
5.2
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
6.1
Red Sun Rising
4.5
The Wash
0
The Great Bank Robbery
6.3
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
6.7
The Bushido Blade
5.4
The Sea Wolf
4
Fatal Mission
9
Midnight Man
5.1
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
0
An Unremarkable Life
0
The Green Hornet
6.8
Nightingale
0
The Slanted Screen
10
A Dangerous Place
6.1
Hawaiian Heat
0
Prisoners
0
Never So Few
5.4
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
5.2
Balance of Power
6.1
Testament
6.4
When Hell Was in Session
7
Farewell to Manzanar
6
Wataridori: Birds of Passage
0
Yokahama Mama
5
The Perfect Weapon
6.2
Taking Care of Business
6.3
Crying Freeman
6.321
My Samurai
4
The Ugly Dachshund
6.63
Pacific Overtures
9
The Nightingale
3.7
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
8.1
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
5.8
Murder in Paradise
4.7
Strawberry Road
10
The Accomplice
5.5
Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
6.571
Memoirs of a Geisha
7.656
Fools
1
If Tomorrow Comes
8
Riot
5.45