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Birth Name: Makoto Iwamatsu

Born: 10 December 1933 Died: 21 July 2006

Country of origin: Japan

Height: 5' 4"

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Gone, but not forgotten (1852 items)
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Published 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Sages of Antiquity (9 items)
list by Seaworth

Published 14 years, 7 months ago

10 comments

27 votes

Japanese and Nipo-American Actors in Hollywood (23 items)
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Published 9 years ago

13 votes

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola (219 items)
list by diabolical dr voodoo

Published 13 years, 5 months ago

2 comments

9 votes

Actors With Most We Hate Movies Appearances (424 items)
list by Leo

Published 9 years, 10 months ago

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Description: Born in Japan, Mako 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. His parents remained in the U.S., working for the Office of War Information, and, at the cessation of the conflict, were granted U.S. residency by Congress. Mako joined his parents in New York and studied architecture. He entered the U.S. Army in the early 1950s and acted in shows for military personnel, discovering a talent and love for the theatre. He abandoned his plans to become an architect and instead enrolled at the famed Pasadena Community Playhouse in California. Fol ... (more)