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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.

Biography

Makoto was born in Tokyo in 1887; he eventually moved to the United States and attended Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Chicago. 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.

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. Motography. 1915.
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. ^ "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. ^ "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.

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