Mako — Actor (41)
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The Great Bank Robbery (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Great Bank Robbery
director: Hy Averback actor: Zero Mostel / Kim Novak …
other title: Quel fantastico assalto alla banca / Hochwürden dreht sein größtes Ding …
A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.
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Strawberry Road (1991) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
ストロベリーロード
director: Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Ken Matsudaira / Mako …
other title: El Camino de Fresas (Sutoroberi Rodo) / ストロベリーロード
Hisa Ishii and his brother Akira emigrate from Japan to the United States. They settle in rural California and start a strawberry farm, slowly integrating themselves into the life of the community, which includes Japanese-Americans of both lengthy and brief residence.
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Balance of Power (1996) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Balance of Power
director: Rick Bennett actor: Billy Blanks / Mako …
other title: Equilibrio de poder
A martial arts expert who runs a dojo for under-privileged kids from a dilapidated warehouse is shaken down by gangsters demanding protection money. Then when one of his students is gunned down in the street by the gang, he swears revenge. Meanwhile the gang leader is setting up a death match between the best fighters and is forcing a former trainer to find a new champion by threatening his granddaughter.
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Silent Assassins (1988) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Silent Assassins
director: Lee Doo-yong actor: Sam J. Jones / Linda Blair …
other title: Silent Assassins - Lautlose Mörder / Fórmula mortal
The evil criminal leader Kendrick has kidnapped an elderly biochemist who holds the secret to creating a biological superweapon. The only person who can possibly stop Kendrick and his gang is L. A. cop Sam Kettle and martial arts master Jun Kim (uncle of a little girl also kidnapped by Kendrick). Together, they go to war against an army of ninjas to rescue the hostages and bring their kidnappers to justice.
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Armed Response (1986) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Armed Response
director: Fred Olen Ray actor: David Carradine / Clarence Leroy Van Cleef Jr. …
other title: Risposta armata / Die Vergelter …
One of Tanaka's underlings has stolen a rare statuette that he had planned to use as a peace offering between the local Yakusa and Chinese Tong. He hires two private investigators to exchange ransom money to recover the statuette, but the trade goes down bad and Clay Roth is killed. This angers Roth's brothers and father, all combat veterans, and they go after the people responsible
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The Last Ninja (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Last Ninja
director: William A. Graham actor: Mako / Nancy Kwan …
other title: L'ultimo dei ninja / Le Dernier Ninja
A successful art dealer is sought out by law enforcement after terrorists take some scientists hostage. Finding no possible solution, a law enforcement agent approaches the dealer (Beck). Mr. Cosmo, the agent believes the dealer to be linked to the ninja responsible for tracking down criminals and serving them justice. Mr. Cosmo hopes that the ninja's seemingly supernatural skills will remedy this impossible hostage situation.
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Girls of the White Orchid (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Girls of the White Orchid
director: Jonathan Kaplan actor: Jennifer Jason Leigh / Thomas Byrd …
other title: Sulle orme del dragone / Operation Osaka …
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals.
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A Dangerous Place (1994) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Dangerous Place
director: Jerry P. Jacobs actor: Ted Jan Roberts / Corey Feldman …
other title: Un gioco molto pericoloso / Tiger Kid II …
When Ethan's older brother Greg is found dead, the police rule the case a suicide, but Ethan suspects foul play stemming from Greg's recent involvement with a martial arts team called the Scorpions. Ethan is also accomplished at martial arts, and he determines to join the Scorpions as a means of learning what really happened to Greg. - Written by Michelle Sturges
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Taking Care of Business (1990) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Taking Care of Business
director: Arthur Hiller actor: Jim Belushi / Charles Grodin …
other title: Filofax - Un'agenda che vale un tesoro / Milionário Instantâneo …
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
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Sidekicks (1992) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Sidekicks
director: Aaron Norris actor: Jonathan Brandis / Chuck Norris …
other title: Pugno d'acciaio / Sidekicks - uovervindelige partenere …
Asthmatic teenager Barry Gabrewski is a daydreamer. Troubled by bullying, he escapes into a fantasy world where he is the sidekick to his martial arts hero, Chuck Norris, in a series of high-octane adventures taken right out of his movies. With help from his teacher's wise old uncle, Mr. Lee, Barry learns the finer points of martial arts and enters a karate championship.
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The Green Hornet (1974) [Movie] TMDB WikiData
The Green Hornet
director: Norman Foster / William Beaudine … actor: Van Williams / Bruce Lee …
other title: Bruce Lee – Das Geheimnis der grünen Hornisse / El retorno del dragón …
After the superstardom and early death of Bruce Lee, 20th Century Fox decided to cobble together a couple of theatrical feature films from this property, of which this 1974 effort is the first. The bulk of the film consists of four episodes crudely spliced together. Scattered throughout are bizarrely irrelevant fight scenes from other episodes, which make the already disjointed plotting quite surreal. The television image was cropped to make a widescreen film, which means the tops of heads and hats are lopped off the frame with alarming regularity.
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Rising Sun (1993) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Rising Sun
director: Philip Kaufman actor: Sean Connery / Wesley Snipes …
other title: Sol levante / Solen stiger …
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
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The Sand Pebbles (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData
The Sand Pebbles
director: Robert Wise actor: Steve McQueen / Richard Attenborough …
other title: Quelli della San Pablo / Kanonbåden San Pablo …
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
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An Eye for an Eye (1981) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
An Eye for an Eye
director: Steve Carver actor: Chuck Norris / Christopher Lee …
other title: Triade chiama canale 6 / Olho por Olho …
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
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Pacific Overtures (1976) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Pacific Overtures
director: Marty Pasetta / Hal Prince actor: Mako / Soon-Tek Oh …
In 1853 Japan, the story follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.
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The Bushido Blade (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Bushido Blade
director: Tsugunobu Kotani actor: Richard Boone / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: Bushido - La spada del sole / Das Schwert des Shogun …
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.