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.[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]

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)

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