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Mark Izu(1954-2025)

  • Composer
  • Actor
  • Sound Department
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Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, millions refugees took the perilous escape across South China Sea to find freedom. Many died of drowning or starvation and thirst. Other lost at sea for days while some were pillaged, robbed and raped by pirates. However, more than 30 years after, no major film or television program tells their stories. Bolinao 52 is a long-silenced voice, an unspoken legacy of the Vietnam War - the story of the Vietnamese Boat People. When Tung Trinh, a survivor of the Bolinao 52, stepped foot onto a crowded boat one night in May 1988, she did not know it was a trip that forever changed her life. After leaving Vietnam the Bolinao 52 engine died. They were ignored by passing ships. 19 days later, a US Navy ship stopped. But the captain refused to pick up the dying refugees. Facing death, they resorted to cannibalism. After 37 days at sea, 52 of 110 survived. Two decades later, this Bolinao 52 survivor returned to her past to close off the unresolved chapters.
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Bolinao 52 (2008)
Mark Izu was born on 30 September 1954 in Vallejo, California, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Dragon Painter (1919), Come See the Paradise (1990) and Stateless (2013). He was married to Brenda Aoki. He died on 12 January 2025 in San Francisco, California, USA.
BornSeptember 30, 1954
DiedJanuary 12, 2025(70)
BornSeptember 30, 1954
DiedJanuary 12, 2025(70)
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Known for

The Dragon Painter (1919)
The Dragon Painter
6.7
  • Composer(2005 release)
  • 1919
Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita in Come See the Paradise (1990)
Come See the Paradise
6.7
  • Social Club Band
  • 1990
Stateless (2013)
Stateless
  • Sound Department
  • 2013
Bolinao 52 (2008)
Bolinao 52
8.1
  • Composer
  • 2008

Credits

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Composer

  • Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful (2012)
    Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful
    7.8
    • Composer
    • 2012
  • Bolinao 52 (2008)
    Bolinao 52
    8.1
    • music composed by
    • 2008
  • Ibéria
    Video
    • Composer
    • 2007
  • Dave Tatsuno in Dave Tatsuno: Movies and Memories (2006)
    Dave Tatsuno: Movies and Memories
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2006
  • Return to the Valley (2003)
    Return to the Valley
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2003
  • Notes on a Scale (1994)
    Notes on a Scale
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1994
  • The Dragon Painter (1919)
    The Dragon Painter
    6.7
    • Composer (2005 release)
    • 1919

Actor

  • Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita in Come See the Paradise (1990)
    Come See the Paradise
    6.7
    • Social Club Band
    • 1990

Sound Department

  • Stateless (2013)
    Stateless
    • sound
    • 2013

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Bolinao 52
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Bolinao 52

Personal details

  • Born
    • September 30, 1954
    • Vallejo, California, USA
  • Died
    • January 12, 2025
    • San Francisco, California, USA(colon cancer)
  • Spouse
    • Brenda Aoki? - January 12, 2025 (his death, 1 child)

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    Has a son Kai Kane Aoki Izu.

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