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,
Seven Years in Tibet
⭐ 7.158TMNT
⭐ 6.132Pearl Harbor
⭐ 6.936Rise: Blood Hunter
⭐ 5.3Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
⭐ 0Pacific Heights
⭐ 6.273RoboCop 3
⭐ 4.894The Sand Pebbles
⭐ 7.207Sidekicks
⭐ 5.247Bulletproof Monk
⭐ 5.499Highlander III: The Sorcerer
⭐ 4.742The Killer Elite
⭐ 5.77Rising Sun
⭐ 6.146Conan the Destroyer
⭐ 6.121Conan the Barbarian
⭐ 6.815Tucker: The Man and His Dream
⭐ 6.72Silent Assassins
⭐ 4.875The Bird People in China
⭐ 7.186Cages
⭐ 4The Island at the Top of the World
⭐ 6.402An Eye for an Eye
⭐ 5.183The Last Ninja
⭐ 3.2Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
⭐ 6.6The Challenge
⭐ 6Under the Rainbow
⭐ 5.206Kung Fu: The Movie
⭐ 5.3Armed Response
⭐ 4.8The Big Brawl
⭐ 5.9Silence
⭐ 7.2Sworn to Justice
⭐ 5.5The Hawaiians
⭐ 5.4Cruel Game
⭐ 2.5P.O.W. The Escape
⭐ 4.6Girls of the White Orchid
⭐ 5.2The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
⭐ 6.1Red Sun Rising
⭐ 4.5The Wash
⭐ 0The Great Bank Robbery
⭐ 6.3Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
⭐ 6.7The Bushido Blade
⭐ 5.4The Sea Wolf
⭐ 4Fatal Mission
⭐ 9Midnight Man
⭐ 5.1Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
⭐ 0An Unremarkable Life
⭐ 0The Green Hornet
⭐ 6.8Nightingale
⭐ 0The Slanted Screen
⭐ 10A Dangerous Place
⭐ 6.1Hawaiian Heat
⭐ 3Prisoners
⭐ 0Never So Few
⭐ 5.381McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
⭐ 5.2Balance of Power
⭐ 6.1Testament
⭐ 6.372When Hell Was in Session
⭐ 7Farewell to Manzanar
⭐ 6Wataridori: Birds of Passage
⭐ 0Yokahama Mama
⭐ 5The Perfect Weapon
⭐ 6.2Taking Care of Business
⭐ 6.3Crying Freeman
⭐ 6.3My Samurai
⭐ 4The Ugly Dachshund
⭐ 6.6Pacific Overtures
⭐ 9The Nightingale
⭐ 3.7Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
⭐ 8.1Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
⭐ 5.8Murder in Paradise
⭐ 4.7Strawberry Road
⭐ 10The Accomplice
⭐ 5.5Alegría: An Enchanting Fable
⭐ 6.571Memoirs of a Geisha
⭐ 7.657Fools
⭐ 1If Tomorrow Comes
⭐ 8Riot
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