Mako (full name: Makoto Iwamatsu) was a Japanese American actor who was well known for his character roles in many movies and television shows. He was well known to TV audiences in the 1960s for his role in The Sand Pebbles and his numerous appearances in the 1960s TV show McHale's Navy. Audiences in the 1980s would identify him more as the wizard Akiro from the two Conan movies with Arnold Schwarzenegger. He would later appear in the Michael Bay film Pearl Harbor as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
Mako can be seen using the following weapons in the following films and television series:
Film
Television
| Gun
|
Character
|
Title
|
Note / Episode
|
Date
|
| Gewehr 98 |
Japanese sentry |
McHale's Navy |
"Movies Are Your Best Diversion" (S1E5) |
1962
|
| Nambu Type 14 |
Capt. Uzaki |
"One Enchanted Weekend" (S1E24) |
1962
|
| Gewehr 98 |
1st Japanese soldier |
"Have Kimono, Will Travel" (S2E6) |
1963
|
| Nambu Type 14 |
Lt. Sakawa |
"The PT-73 Follies" (S3E17) |
1965
|
| Gewehr 98 |
Japanese Non-Com |
"Chuckie Cottontail" (S3E27) |
1965
|
| Single Action Army |
Samurai Warrior |
F Troop |
"Cavalry" model, in holster / "From Karate with Love" (S02E18) |
1967
|
| SKS Type 56 |
North Korean soldier |
M*A*S*H (TV Series) |
"The Best of Enemies" (S09E01) |
1980
|
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