Makoto Inokuchi

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Makoto Inokuchi
BornMarch 14, 1887
Tokyo, Japan
Died??
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Occupation(s)Actor, writer, translator

Makoto Inokuchi (sometimes spelled Makato Inokuchi) was a Japanese actor, writer, and translator who rose to prominence as an actor in Hollywood during the silent era. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Biography

Makoto was born in Tokyo in 1887; [5] he eventually moved to the United States and attended Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Chicago. [6] [7] [8] In addition to the string of roles he played on the big screen in the 1910s, he also reportedly translated a number of U.S. novels from English to Japanese, and appeared on the stage in vaudeville. [7] Little is known of what became of him after his last known on-screen appearance in 1917's The Stolen Play , although some reports from 1916 indicated he may have returned to Japan to make films of his own. [9] [5] [10]

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  2. "Makoto "Films" Too". The Los Angeles Times. 2 Sep 1915. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  3. "Photo Plays". The Oregon Daily Journal. 29 Aug 1915. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  4. "Agile Inokuchi Clever "Irishman"". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. 9 Jun 1915. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  5. 1 2 "Japanese Actor Is Hit On Screen". The Evansville Journal. 12 Dec 1915. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  6. "Screen Flashes". The Sunday Telegram. 13 Dec 1914. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  7. 1 2 "Officer 666". The Greenville News. 16 May 1915. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  8. "Japanese Earns Fame as Actor". Wisconsin State Journal. 25 Jul 1916. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  9. "Movie Notes". The Bennington Evening Banner. 10 Nov 1916. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  10. The Movie Magazine: A National Motion Picture Magazine ... Movie Magazine Publishing Company, Incorporated. 1915.