Highest rated movie: Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie (2017)
Lowest rated movie: Fools (1970)
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Looking for reviews of Mako movies? Cinafilm has a total of 7,353 reviews across 47 movies.
Movies starring Mako have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 57%.
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie - released in 2017 - is Mako's highest rated movie, with a score of 85% based on 66 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Mako is Fools - released in 1970 - with a score of 31% based on 1 reviews.
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.
Mako has acted in films with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, James Hong, Sab Shimono and Kevin Michael Richardson.
Mako has worked with these film directors: Tom Gries, Michael Bay, Francis Ford Coppola and Fred Olen Ray.
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