Cast: Mako

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Mako. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Memoirs of a Geisha

2005 · Movie · 145 min. · United States

Direction Rob Marshall

Cast Zhang Ziyi · Suzuka Ohgo · Gong Li · Samantha Futerman

Synopsis Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) follows the life of Chiyo, a young girl sold into servitude in 1920s Japan. Separated from her sister, she endures harsh training to become a geisha under the mentorship of the renowned Hatsumomo and later...

6.9

50K votes

6.9

50K votes

The Bird People in China

1998 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Masahiro Motoki · Renji Ishibashi · Mako · Yuichi Minato

Synopsis A young Japanese salaryman is sent by his company to a remote Chinese village to evaluate precious Jade that is found there, but before he arrives meets the yakuza who was sent to tail him to protect his bosses interest...

6.9

453 votes

6.9

453 votes

The Sand Pebbles

1966 · Movie · 179 min. · United States

Direction Robert Wise

Cast Steve McQueen · Richard Attenborough · Candice Bergen · Richard Crenna

Synopsis Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. 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...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

2000 · Documentary · 100 min. · Hong Kong

Direction John Little

Cast Bruce Lee · Kareem Abdul-Jabbar · Linda Lee Cadwell · Jackie Chan

Synopsis Legendary martial artist Bruce Lee is the subject of this thoughtful documentary by Lee aficionado John Little. Using interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and action sequences from Lee's last (unfinished) film, Game of Death, Little paints a textured, complex portrait of the...

6.8

785 votes

6.8

785 votes

Conan the Barbarian

1982 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction John Milius

Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger · James Earl Jones · Sandahl Bergman · Max von Sydow

Synopsis Thulsa Doom, evil ruler of the snake cult of Set, raids a Cimmerian village, decimating most of the populace and selling the rest into slavery, including young Conan. Conan grows up as powerfully-built man and is trained as a fighter,...

6.6

66K votes

6.6

66K votes

Columbo: Murder Under Glass (TV)

1978 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Jonathan Demme

Cast Peter Falk · Louis Jourdan · Shera Danese · Richard Dysart

Synopsis Paul Gerard is a famous gourmet and his books about restaurants can decide the fate of a chef. In his way, Paul is a very powerful man. But Paul is threatened by Vittorio Rossi, the proprietor of a renowned restaurant...

6.5

303 votes

6.5

303 votes

Silence

1971 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan

6.5

131 votes

6.5

131 votes

Tucker: the Man and His Dream

1988 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Francis Ford Coppola

Cast Jeff Bridges · Joan Allen · Martin Landau · Frederic Forrest

Synopsis Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a grandiose schemer with a new dream, to produce the best cars ever made. With the assistance of Abe Karatz and some impressive salesmanship on his own...

6.3

3K votes

6.3

3K votes

Seven Years in Tibet

1997 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast Brad Pitt · David Thewlis · BD Wong · Lhakpa Tsamchoe

Synopsis Seven Years in Tibet (1997) follows Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, who embarks on an expedition to the Himalayas in 1939. After being detained in a British internment camp during World War II, he escapes and undertakes a treacherous journey to...

6.1

26K votes

6.1

26K votes

The Ugly Dachshund

1966 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Norman Tokar

Cast Dean Jones · Suzanne Pleshette · Charles Ruggles · Kelly Thordsen

Synopsis Fran Garrison's all in a tizzy because her prize Dachshund, Danke, is having pups, and she has hopes of one of the pups becoming a champion. But at the vet's, her husband Jim is talked into letting Danke wetnurse a...

6.0

202 votes

6.0

202 votes

Direction Robert Stevenson

Cast Donald Sinden · David Hartman · Jacques Marin · Mako

Synopsis This Disney family adventure, directed by Robert Stevenson in his Jules Verne mode, concern a group of explorers who travel to the Arctic Circle in 1908 to explore the uncharted wastes of the North Pole. Sir Anthony Ross (Donald Sinden),...

6.0

667 votes

6.0

667 votes

The Hawaiians

1970 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Tom Gries

Cast Charlton Heston · Geraldine Chaplin · John Phillip Law · Mako

Synopsis The Hawaiians is a 1970 American historical film based on the novel Hawaii by James A. Michener.It was directed by Tom Gries with its screenplay by James R. Webb. The cast included Charlton Heston as Whipple Hoxworth, and Geraldine Chaplin....

5.8

409 votes

5.8

409 votes

Conan the Destroyer

1984 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Richard Fleischer

Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger · Grace Jones · Wilt Chamberlain · Tracey Walter

Synopsis In Conan the Destroyer (1984), the barbarian warrior Conan is tasked with escorting a young princess on a perilous quest to retrieve a magical artifact. Alongside a band of allies, including a fierce warrior and a mischievous thief, Conan faces...

5.6

15K votes

5.6

15K votes

Direction Ivan Passer

Cast Mick Jagger · Bud Cort · Barbara Hershey · Edward James Olmos

Synopsis In his dramatic television debut, legendary musical superstar Mick Jagger plays an Emperor who finds that life's most beautiful treasures sometimes come in plain wrapping-like a small little nightingale bird and a humble Kitchen Maid (Chicago Hope's/Hannah And Her Sister's...

5.6

104 votes

5.6

104 votes

The Killer Elite

1975 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Sam Peckinpah

Cast James Caan · Robert Duvall · Arthur Hill · Bo Hopkins

Synopsis Mike Locken is one of the principle members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots...

5.5

1K votes

5.5

1K votes

The Green Hornet

1974 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction William Beaudine · Norman Foster · E. Darrell Hallenbeck

Cast Bruce Lee · Van Williams · Wende Wagner · Lloyd Gough

Synopsis Several episodes of the 1966 TV series "The Green Hornet" edited together and released as a feature.

5.5

343 votes

5.5

343 votes

Rising Sun

1993 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Philip Kaufman

Cast Sean Connery · Wesley Snipes · Harvey Keitel · Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Synopsis In Rising Sun (1993), a high-stakes murder mystery unfolds in Los Angeles when a woman is found dead in a powerful Japanese corporation's headquarters. Detective Webster Smith, paired with seasoned investigator John Connor, navigates a web of corporate intrigue, cultural...

5.5

7K votes

5.5

7K votes

Crying Freeman: Los paraísos perdidos

1995 · Movie · 102 min. · France

Direction Christophe Gans

Cast Julie Condra · Kevan Ohtsji · Mark Dacascos · Debbie Podowski

Synopsis A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and...

5.4

4K votes

5.4

4K votes

The Big Brawl

1980 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Robert Clouse

Cast Jackie Chan · José Ferrer · Kristine DeBell · Mako

Synopsis A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition. Un joven asi

5.1

267 votes

5.1

267 votes

The Bushido Blade

1981 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tsugunobu Kotani

Cast Richard Boone · Toshirô Mifune · Mike Starr · Timothy Patrick Murphy

Synopsis 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.

5.0

78 votes

5.0

78 votes