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Claude Maki

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Yamamoto (Kitano) is a Yakuza gangster who is forced out of the country when a gang war all but wipes out his clan. Armed with a fake credit card, a forged passport and a bag of money, he travels to Los Angeles, where he organizes one of the most powerful criminal syndicates in the city.
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Brother (2000)
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Claude Maki is known for Brother (2000), Orokamono: Kizu darake no tenshi (1998) and Buddies (1989).
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    Known for

    Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, and Claude Maki in Brother (2000)
    Brother
    7.1
    • Ken
    • 2000
    Claude Maki and Kazuma Suzuki in Orokamono: Kizu darake no tenshi (1998)
    Orokamono: Kizu darake no tenshi
    6.8
    • Hisashi Ishii
    • 1998
    Buddies (1989)
    Buddies
    6.7
    • Actor(as Kuroudo Maki)
    • 1989
    Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive (1999)
    Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Yuji Kudo

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Mogura
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • 2025
    • Okiku and the World (2023)
      Okiku and the World
      6.7
      • Kyojun
      • 2023
    • Fuyu Soubi (2022)
      Fuyu Soubi
      6.1
      • Yuji Nakamoto
      • 2022
    • Taberu Onna (2018)
      Taberu Onna
      5.5
      • Jun
      • 2018
    • Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys (2016)
      Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
      4.5
      • Masato Isaku
      • 2016
    • Kirin (2012)
      Kirin
      • Kirin
      • 2012
    • Hard Romanticker (2011)
      Hard Romanticker
      5.9
      • (as Aktion)
      • 2011
    • The Singing Hitman! (2010)
      The Singing Hitman!
      • Tetsuo
      • 2010
    • Aktion feat. Zeebra: Still Neva Enuff
      Music Video
      • (as Aktion)
      • 2007
    • Detective Story (2007)
      Detective Story
      6.2
      • Raita Takashima
      • 2007
    • Gorô Kishitani, Kazuki Kitamura, Saki Takaoka, and Natsuo in Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007)
      Yakuza: Like a Dragon
      6.0
      • Akira Nishikiyama
      • 2007
    • Aya Hirayama, Hiroko Shimabukuro, Sonim, and Saeko in Bakkudansâzu! (2006)
      Bakkudansâzu!
      5.9
      • Teru
      • 2006
    • Slow Dance (2005)
      Slow Dance
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Kaji
      • 2005
    • Aegis (2005)
      Aegis
      5.5
      • Yoshiaki Munakata
      • 2005
    • Kono yo no sotoe - Club Shinchugun (2004)
      Kono yo no sotoe - Club Shinchugun
      6.9
      • Kerry Tsukamoto
      • 2004

    Director

    • Aktion feat. Zeebra: Still Neva Enuff
      Music Video
      • Director (as Jean-Claude Makinaka)
      • 2007

    Videos1

    Brother
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    Brother

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Aktion
    • Height
      • 5′ 7¾″ (1.72 m)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Son of actor-singer Mike Maki and actress Bibari Maeda.

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