Mako Movies

A small boy is sent away from his village. He is to be trained as a samurai warrior and return to fight the evil shapeshifter, Aku, who has wreaked...

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...

In his travels, Caine meets up with an old man who has several surprises for him. The first being the destruction of the Shaolin order, the second...

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...

The crew of PT-73 are in trouble again when Ensign Parker is mistaken for a pilot and gets shanghied into the Air Force.

Henry Sugimoto’s translated memoirs, brought to life by Academy Award-nominated actor Mako, reveal the artist’s own journey through his...

The evil criminal leader Kendrick has kidnapped an elderly biochemist who holds the secret to creating a biological superweapon. The only person who...

A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.

Hisa Ishii and his brother Akira emigrate from Japan to the United States. They settle in rural California and start a strawberry farm, slowly...

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...

A kitchen maid and a nightingale help save an emperor with the power of song and friendship.

China, 7th century. On their way to a provincial center Judge Dee and his three wives spend the night at a Taoist monastery. Soon the judge discovers...

From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal Asian men in film and...

This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. Held in numerous, brutal POW camps, he faced...

Nearly all the cast and crew are on hand to give stories and memories about the making of the film. Plenty of detail on every aspect of the film from...

When the police start a crackdown on Yakuza activities, a killer starts killing the cops forcing a martial-arts officer to fight back.

Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World War II to detain some 100,000 Japanese Americans (most...

SFPD Detective Lieutenant Michael Stone is partnered with a young college-educated Inspector, Steven Keller, as they investigate a girl found dead in...

Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow...

A horror actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney.