Mako Iwamatsu

Mako Iwamatsu (1933 - 2006)
a.k.a. Mako
==Film Deaths==
*The Sand Pebbles (1966) [Po-han]: Shot in the chest by Steve McQueen, as a mercy killing while Mako is being tortured by Chinese nationalists.
*The Challenge (1970) [Yuro]: Killed, along with Darren McGavin (though I don't know the details).
*Under the Rainbow (1981) [Nakomuri]: Shot in the chest by Robert Donner, as Mako simultaneously shoots Robert with a special camera-gun. (The whole story turns out to be Cork Hubbert's dream; I can't recall whether or not Mako was shown to have a real-world counterpart after Cork wakes up, or whether his character existed only in Cork's dream.) (Played for comic effect.)
*Testament (1983) [Mike]: Dies of radiation poisoning from the fallout of a nuclear attack.
*Armed Response (1986) [Akira Tanaka]: Blows up after a bomb placed on him is set off by David Carradine 
*P.O.W. The Escape (Behind Enemy Lines) (1986) [Capt. Vinh] Impaled through the heart by David Carradine . 
*Silent Assassins (1988) [Oyama]: Mortally wounded by Gustav Vintas' thugs. He dies later while is talking to Phillip Rhee.
*The Perfect Weapon (1991) [Kim]: Skull crushed (off-screen) after being head butted by Professor Toru Tanaka.
*Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994) [Nakano]: Decapitated at the end of a sword fight by Mario Van Peebles as Christopher Lambert looks on in shock; his severed head shouts out a warning before dying.
*Crying Freeman (1995) [Shido Shimazaki]: Killed (I believe shot or slashed/stabbed to death) by Mark Dacascos.
*Bulletproof Monk (2003) [Mr. Kojima]: Strangled with a reel of film by Victoria Smurfit; his body is shown again later on when Seann William Scott discovers him.
*Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) [Sakamoto]: Dies off-screen of an unknown cause. His death is mentioned to Ziyi Zhang.
*Rise (Rise: Blood Hunter) (2007) [Poe]: Shot in the chest with a crossbow bolt by Lucy Liu, after he tells her where to find James D'Arcy. (The film was released a year after Mako's real life death).
==Television Deaths==
*The Time Tunnel: Kill Two by Two (1967) [Lt. Nakamura]: Shot by an American marine Sargent (Brent Davis) on a Pacific island as he was aiming his rifle at James Darren and Robert Colbert; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Robert.
*Touch of Death (1977 TV) [Mr. Yamaguchi]: Commits suicide by jumping through a high rise building window rather than be arrested as Irene Yah-Ling Sun and Jack Klugman look on in shock.
*The Incredible Hulk: The Disciple (1979) [Li Sung]: Dies in Dr. David Banner's (Bill Bixby) arms after having one last conversation with Banner.
==Video Game Deaths==
*True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) [General Han Yu Kim]: Beaten to death by Russell Wong in the game's good ending. In the game's bad ending, he commits suicide by falling backwards off the heliport of a building. He survives in the average ending.
==Gallery==
Mako dead in 'The Time Tunnel-Kill Two by Two'.png|Mako Iwamatsu dead in The Time Tunnel: Kill Two by Two
File:Image.bltprfmk.png|Mako Iwamatsu in Bulletproof Monk 
==Notable Connections==
*Mr. Shizuko Hoshi.
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