2001Nominee
Best Performance
Pearl Harbor
Mako
Actor
Kobe, Japan
December 10, 1933
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1982Nominee
Best Performance
Conan the Barbarian
1997Nominee
Best Performance
Seven Years in Tibet
Career Highlights
2005Highlight
Best Performance
Memoirs of a Geisha
1984Highlight
Best Performance
Conan the Destroyer
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Pearl Harbor
Conan the Barbarian
Seven Years in Tibet