Makoto Inokuchi Explained

Makoto Inokuchi
Birth Date:	March 14, 1887
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Death Date:	??
Death Place:	??
Occupation:	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]}

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. 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] [10]}

Select filmography

• The Stolen Play
• The Better Woman
• Sibyl's Scenario
• The Red Circle
• Officer 666
• The Girl and the Explorer
• Our Mutual Girl (serial)

References

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