Makoto Inokuchi | |
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Born | March 14, 1887 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | ?? ?? |
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]
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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