Mako Movies

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...

In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel...

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

In 17th-century Japan, two Portuguese Jesuit priests seek their mentor, who is rumoured to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

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...

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...

The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, American prisoners of war and others) and how they lived...

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

In California, a young Caucasian girl and a Japanese-American boy defy local prejudices and secretly marry on Dec. 7, 1941, minutes before Pearl...

Blue Racer finds out that the Japanese chicken in the local farm has laid an egg. Blue Racer wastes no time getting it. Unfortunatly, the egg's...

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

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.

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...

Karate Sensei profiles one of the pioneers of Okinawan Karate in the United States, Eihachi Ota. Through kinetic training footage in his Los Angeles...

All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single...

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

Members of the Broadway cast join Stephen Sondheim in a performance of the number. Filmed in Sondheim's apartment in New York City.

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

The film looks back at the life of a man named Oda and other Japanese Americans through the decades as they face great challenges and joys living in...