10.0
10.0
The Slanted Screen
2006
as Himself
James Shigeta
Also known as: James Saburo Shigeta
Acting
Born:June 17, 1929
Died:July 28, 2014(aged 85)
Birthplace:Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:New York University Tisch School of the Arts, President Theodore Roosevelt High School
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CommunityBiography
James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor, singer, and musician of Japanese descent. He was noted for his roles in The Crimson Kimono (1959), Walk Like a Dragon (1960), Flower Drum Song (1961), Bridge to the Sun (1961), Die Hard (1988), and Mulan (1998). In 1960, he won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, along with three other actors. In his early career, Shigeta often played romantic male lead roles, which were almost nonexistent for an actor of Asian descent during his time, making him a trailblazer in Asian American representation in media. The Goldsea Asian-American Daily magazine listed him as one of the "Most Inspiring Asian-Americans Of All Time". Before his Hollywood career he found success as a pop singer and performer abroad, especially in Japan and Australia.
Filmography (43 movies)
8.2
8.2
Manila, Open City
1968
as Captain Murakami
7.9
7.9
Mulan
1998
as General Li (voice)
7.8
7.8
Die Hard
1988
as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
7.1
7.1
The Yakuza
1974
as Goro
7.1
7.1
Brother
2000
as Sugimoto
6.8
6.8
Bridge to the Sun
1961
as Hidenari Terasaki
6.6
6.6
Midway
1976
as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
6.6
6.6
The Crimson Kimono
1959
as Detective Joe Kojaku
6.5
6.5
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994
as Det. Whoo
6.5
6.5
Death Walks in Laredo
1967
as Lester Koto
6.4
6.4
The Renegades
1982
as Jimmy Lee
6.2
6.2
Flower Drum Song
1961
as Wang Ta
6.1
6.1
Drive
1997
as Mr. Lau
6.0
6.0
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
1967
as George Ti Ming
6.0
6.0
China Cry
1990
as Dr. Sung
5.7
5.7
The Questor Tapes
1974
as Dr. Chen
5.7
5.7
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980
as Field Marshal Abehata
5.7
5.7
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
as (archive footage)
5.7
5.7
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Japanese Doctor
5.5
5.5
Nobody's Perfect
1968
as Diver Toshi O'Hara
5.4
5.4
Lost Horizon
1973
as Brother To-Lenn
5.1
5.1
Midnight Man
1995
as Mao Mak
5.1
5.1
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966
as Danny Kohana
5.0
5.0
Cry for Happy
1961
as Harue
5.0
5.0
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
as Cheng Lu
4.5
4.5
The People I've Slept With
2009
as Charles Yang
3.1
3.1
Space Marines
1996
as Ambassador Nakamura
3.1
3.1
Cage
1989
as Tin Lum Yin
2.9
2.9
Cage II: The Arena of Death
1994
as Tin Lum Yin
2.0
2.0
Tomorrow's Child
1982
as Donald Shibura
Samurai
1979
as Takeo Chisato
Slaying the Dragon
1988
Matt Helm
1975
as Tom McCauley
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976
as David Lao
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
2022
as Admiral Heilachiro Nogura
Operation Heartbeat
1969
as Chief Resident
Escape to Mindanao
1968
as Lt. Takahashi
Beam Me Up, Sulu
2025
as Self
The Young Lawyers
1969
as Lee Ahn
Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century
1999
as Narrator
Hollywood Chinese
2007
as Self
Home from the Eastern Sea
1990
as Narrator
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