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  Makoto Iwamatsu Photos - Makoto Iwamatsu News - Makoto Iwamatsu Information
Aang receives guidance from Guru Pathik at the Eastern Air Temple; Sokka is reunited with his long-lost father; Princess Azula has something diabolical in store for her enemies; Uncle and Zuko run their own tea shop.
Makoto Iwamastu was a great person and should be remembered for all the great work that he has done for the theater.
Tell the world what you think of Makoto Iwamatsu, write a review for this person.
www.tv.com /mako/person/5854/summary.html   (826 words)

  
  Patentee Index
Hirota, Makoto; Yagisawa, Tsuyoshi; and Kosaka, Tetsuo 06962453 Cl. 400-625.
Amagai, Akikazu; Ishii, Kenzi; Hiramatsu, Kiyonari; Miyamoto, Makoto; Ohno, Daisuke; Yamazaki, Katsutoshi; and Norisue, Yasumasa 06962744 Cl. 428-297.4.
Ohkura, Hiroko; Kageyama, Yoshiyuki; Harigaya, Makoto; Yuzurihara, Hajime; Hibino, Eiko; Miura, Hiroshi; and Mizutani, Miku 06963527 Cl. 369-59.11.
www.uspto.gov /web/patents/patog/week45/OG/patentee/alphaY.htm   (2626 words)

  
 Makoto Iwamatsu - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Makoto Iwamatsu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Makoto Iwamatsu - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Makoto Iwamatsu.
Here you will find more informations about Makoto Iwamatsu.
Cartoon fans may know him even better as the voice actor of villain Aku in the American cartoon series "Samurai Jack".
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Makoto-Iwamatsu.html   (224 words)

  
 Highlander - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Events of the flashback can be estimated to occur during the late 16th century or early to middle 17th century.
Connor has travelled to Japan to request training from the immortal Japanese sorcerer Nakano (Makoto Iwamatsu, better known as Mako), an acquaintance of Ramirez.
Nakano held his residence in a cave of Mountain Niri and had gained a reputation as a master of illusion.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /highlander.htm   (3276 words)

  
 Makoto Iwamatsu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article refers to a person; for other uses, see Makoto (disambiguation)
Makoto Iwamatsu (born December 10, 1933) is a Japanese actor.
He was born in Kobe, Japan, moved to the United States of America in the late 1940s, joined the military in the 1950s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Makoto_Iwamatsu   (223 words)

  
 Interviews and Info.
Born in Kobe, Japan, Mako (whose real name is Makoto Iwamatsu) came to the United States in the late 1940s and studied at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Iwamatsu: It has been fifty years since I moved to America where my parents were.
Iwamatsu: At Kenjinkai, we feel free to talk about difficulty we had to face and something we are proud of.
if_i_could_only_fly.tripod.com /makotribute/id10.html   (2129 words)

  
 Makoto Iwamatsu - TheBestLinks.com - Internet Movie Database, Japan, Musical, Pacific Overtures, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Makoto Iwamatsu - TheBestLinks.com - Internet Movie Database, Japan, Musical, Pacific Overtures,...
Makoto Iwamatsu, Internet Movie Database, Japan, Musical, Pacific Overtures...
He was born in Kobe, moved to the United States of America in the late 1940s, and played his first cinema role in the 1959 film Never So Few.
www.thebestlinks.com /Makoto_Iwamatsu.html   (145 words)

  
 Mako (1933 - 2006) - Find A Grave Memorial
Mako (1933 - 2006) - Find A Grave Memorial
Born Makoto Iwamatsu in Kobe, Japan, he came to the United States after World War II and studied theater at the Pasadena Playhouse.
He had been working primarily in television and on stage when he was cast as Po-Han in the film "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), which earned him an Oscar nomination.
www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15014129   (258 words)

  
 Patentee Index
Nishizawa, Makoto; Ogura, Katsuhito; Kido, Katsuyoshi; Tokuyama, Harumichi; and Onuma, Hiroyuki 06962491 Cl. 425-143.
Kuboshima, Tsukasa; Okugawa, Shinichiro; Saito, Makoto; and Yahata, Shigeto, to DENSO Corporation Exhaust gas cleaning system having particulate filter 06962046 Cl. 60-295.
Fukui, Haruyo; Utsumi, Yoshiharu; Irie, Miki; Ohara, Hisanori; Moriguchi, Hideki; Kukino, Satoru; Setoyama, Makoto; Ohtani, Satoshi; Okazaki, Naoto; and Ogata, Kiyoshi 06962751 Cl. 428-408.
www.uspto.gov /web/patents/patog/week45/OG/patentee/alphaK_Utility.htm   (8000 words)

  
 Variety.com - Reviews - Cages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
With: Makoto Iwamatsu, Tan Kheng Hua, Zelda Rubinstein, Dickson Tan.
Ali (Tan Kheng Hua) is an erratic single mom who, with her blind son (Dickson Tan), is forced to find refuge with her estranged father, Tan (Makoto Iwamatsu).
Duo is challenged by the intimacy they've always avoided, but the boy and his grandfather bond over Tan's singing birds.
www.variety.com /review/VE1117928597?categoryId=31   (303 words)

  
 The Bird People in China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Makoto ‘Mako’ Iwamatsu
Ujiie forces Wada to take him along on his journey with the intention of collecting the Jade for his organization.
Their guide once they arrive in China is Shen (Mako Iwamatsu) who leads them to this peaceful village that has the jade.
www.10kbullets.com /reviews/birdpeople.htm   (652 words)

  
 Nyrölä Observatory Scientific papers
Uemura, Makoto, Kato, Taichi, Ishioka, Ryoko, Yamaoka, Hitoshi, Schmeer, Patrick, Krajci, Tom, Starkey, Donn R., Torii, Ken'ichi, Kawai, Nobuyuki, Urata, Yuji, Kohama, Mitsuhiro, Yoshida, Atsumasa, Ayani, Kazuya, Kawabata, Tetsuya, Tanabe, Kenji, Matsumoto, Katsura, Kiyota, Seiichiro, Pietz, Jochen, Vanmunster, Tonny, Oksanen, Arto, and Giambersion, Antonio 2002, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Uemura, Makoto, Kato, Taichi, Ishioka, Ryoko, Yamaoka, Hitoshi, Schmeer, Patrick, Krajci, Tom, Starkey, Donn R., Torii, Ken'ichi, Kawai, Nobuyuki, Urata, Yuji, Kohama, Mitsuhiro, Yoshida, Atsumasa, Ayani, Kazuya, Kawabata, Tetsuya, Tanabe, Kenji, Matsumoto, Katsura, Kiyota, Seiichiro, Pietz, Jochen, Vanmunster, Tonny, Oksanen, Arto, and Giambersion, Antonio
Uemura, Makoto, Kato, Taichi, Ishioka, Ryoko, Yamaoka, Hitoshi, Schmeer, Patrick, Starkey, Donn R., Torii, Ken'ichi, Kawai, Nobuyuki, Urata, Yuji, Kohama, Mitsuhiro, Yoshida, Atsumasa, Ayani, Kazuya, Kawabata, Tetsuya, Tanabe, Kenji, Matsumoto, Katsura, Kiyota, Seiichiro, Pietz, Jochen, Vanmunster, Tonny, Krajci, Tom, Oksanen, Arto, and Giambersio, Antonio:
www.ursa.fi /sirius/nytt/adsabs.html   (1757 words)

  
 Hong Kong Digital #239: The Bird People in China
Joining them is local guide Shen (Makoto Iwamatsu, very well known to Western audiences as simply Mako), who navigates the pair through an array of increasingly backwater locales, via some decidedly erratic modes of transportation.
Artsmagic’s latest Takashi Miike release is among the director’s most unique and admirable undertakings, in which he took his crew out into the magnificent wilds of rural China to adapt a novel by Makoto Shiina (who never actually journeyed to this area).
The film starts off with a flurry of activity and then, appropriately, the pace becomes more and more measured as the protagonists venture further away from civilization and the stress of modern big city life.
www.dighkmovies.com /v4/239/239.html   (623 words)

  
 Great Character Actors
He can play it straight or eccentric and a look at his film credits clearly illustrates this.
He was born Makoto Iwamatsu on December 10, 1933 in Kobe, Japan.
He lived with his grandparents as a child in Japan while his parents studied art in the United States.
www.dougmacaulay.com /kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=&actor_last=Mako   (350 words)

  
 Oscar Nomination Latest Victory for Japan Samurai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Unofficial biographies on the Internet say Watanabe lives a simple life with few material possessions, practices calligraphy, and is a skilled cook who learned to make sushi in preparation for playing the role of a chef.
Japanese films have recently gained increasing international acclaim -- "Spirited Away," directed by Hayao Miyazaki, won best animated film Oscar last year -- but the last Japanese actor to receive an Oscar nomination was Makoto Iwamatsu in 1967.
This year, "Twilight Samurai," directed by Yoji Yamada, has also been nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film.
www.entertainment-news.net /news.html?view=980   (525 words)

  
 What A Character!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
When I'm not researching obscure character actors I'm running a charity that helps the poorest school libraries in the U.S. Believe it or not some haven't had a new book in 40 years!
Born Makoto Iwamatsu in Kobe, Japan, Mako lived with his grandparents in Japan during World War II, while his parents were in the U.S. working for the Office of War Information.
He came to the U.S. after the war ended and joined the army.
www.what-a-character.com /cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=982798429   (170 words)

  
 Henshin!Online
The fourth Asian-American being honored is veteran actor Mako, whose real name is Makoto Iwamatsu.
His first important film role was as Po_Han, Steve McQueen's assistant machinist in the film THE SAND PEBBLES (1966), for which he was nominated for an Academy award.
So, turn off your TV, give your DVD player a rest, and march down to the San Francisco Asian Film Festival and watch some films the way they were meant to be seen ­ on the big screen.
www.henshinonline.com /archive.html   (16827 words)

  
 Marine Momz Forum
Turns out he was born in Japan in 1933.
His real name is Makoto Iwamatsu and I guess he lived there during the war.
After the war he rejoined his parents in the US.
www.network54.com /Forum/message?forumid=89778&messageid=990793208   (494 words)

  
 Gil Asakawa's Nikkei View   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
And sure, there have also been Asians who have won awards.
Miyoshi Umeki won a supporting actress award in 1957 for her role as a Japanese woman who falls in love with an American GI during the Korean war in "Sayonara." Mako (Makoto Iwamatsu) was nominated for suppirting actor for the 1966 film "The Sand Pebbles" (he played a Chinese coolie).
A Cambodian who had never acted before, Haing S. Ngor, won the best supporting actor award for 1984.
nikkeiview.com /archives02/032502.htm   (1211 words)

  
 The Bird People in China DVD Review - Terror Australis.net
The Bird People in China DVD Review - Terror Australis.net
Starring: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Makoto ‘Mako’ Iwamatsu and Li Li Wang
Screenplay: Masa Nakamura (based on a novel by Makoto Shiina)
www.terroraustralis.net /reviews/dvd/birdpeople.html   (801 words)

  
 Schwarzenegger.com - Life - Did You Know?
Let me tell you of the days of high adventure..."
Mako, born Makoto Iwamatsu, delivered the unforgettably haunting narration for "Conan the Barbarian." In that film and in "Conan the Destroyer" he played the memorable character of the Wizard.
He personifies the sorcery to match Arnold's sword.
www.schwarzenegger.com /en/life/didyouknow/life_did_mako.asp?sec=life&subsec=didyouknow   (1164 words)

  
 The Bird People In China Expanded View   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cast: Renji Ishibashi · Masahiro Motoki ·Makoto ‘Mako' Iwamatsu · Wang Li Li
Wada, a Japanese salaryman is sent to survey a Chinese village for a strain of jade for his company.
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www.artsmagicdvd.com /catalogue/expandedviews/thebirdpeopleinchina.html   (203 words)

  
 Ties Talk Archive > Multimedia > "Pearl Harbor" Movie
Japanese American actors Garret Sato, Makoto ("Mako") Iwamatsu (co-founder of L.A.'s East-West Players) and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa are on the cast list (fairly far down) as Japanese military men.
The movie promises to depict the war from a fresh perspective but who knows what that means.
> Japanese American actors Garret Sato, Makoto ("Mako") Iwamatsu
runker_room.tripod.com /tiestalk/pearlhbr.htm   (8321 words)

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