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Mako was born Makoto Iwamatsu in Kobe, Japan, [7] the son of children's authors and illustrators Tomoe Sasako and Atsushi Iwamatsu, better known by their pen names Mitsu and Taro Yashima.
Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu 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.
- December 10, 1933
- July 21, 2006
Mako was born Makoto Iwamatsu on December 10, 1933 in Kobe, Japan to Atsushi Iwamatsu and Tomoe Sasako. His father, an artist and illustrator, and his mother, a children book author, had to leave their native country for the United States right before the World War II broke out.
Mako was born Makoto Iwamatsu in Kobe, Japan, on December 10, 1933. When Mako was five, his parents moved to New York City to study art, but with relations between the United States and Japan deteriorating, Mako was left with his grandparents in Japan.
Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu 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.
- January 1, 1
- Kobe, Japan
- January 1, 1
- Somis, California, USA
Mako (actor) (Makoto Iwamatsu) was born on 10 December, 1933 in Mikage, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, is a Japanese and American actor (1933–2006...
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Mako Biography. Born Makoto Iwamatsu, December 10, 1933, in Kobe, Japan; died of esophageal cancer, July 21, 2006, in Somis, CA. Actor. The Japanese actor known simply as Mako enjoyed a long career in Hollywood that began at a time when he and other Asian performers were relegated to stock characters.
