Cast
James Shigeta
Acting
Cast
James Shigeta
Known for
Acting
Born
1929-06-17
From
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Died
2014-07-28
Also known as James Saburo Shigeta, ηΉη°δΈι
Biography
James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 β 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 β 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.
β
7.9
MOVIE1998
Mulan
as General Li (voice)
β
7.8
MOVIE1988
Die Hard
as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
β
3.4
MOVIE1994
Cage II: The Arena of Death
as Tin Lum Yin
β
6.6
MOVIE1976
Midway
as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
β
7.1
MOVIE2000
Brother
as Sugimoto
β
6.4
MOVIE1990
China Cry
as Dr. Sung
β
6.1
MOVIE1997
Drive
as Mr. Lau
β
10.0
MOVIE1969
The Young Lawyers
as Lee Ahn
β
5.5
MOVIE1973
Lost Horizon
as Brother To-Lenn
β
5.4
MOVIE1961
Cry for Happy
as Suzuki
MOVIE2007
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
β
6.3
MOVIE1968
Nobody's Perfect
as Diver Toshi O'Hara
β
7.1
MOVIE1974
The Yakuza
as Goro
β
8.0
MOVIE1969
Operation Heartbeat
as Chief Resident
β
10.0
MOVIE2006
The Slanted Screen
as Himself
β
6.0
MOVIE2025
Beam Me Up, Sulu
as Self
β
6.3
MOVIE1961
Flower Drum Song
as Wang Ta
β
5.9
MOVIE1964
Carol for Another Christmas
as Japanese Doctor
β
6.6
MOVIE1959
The Crimson Kimono
as Detective Joe Kojaku
β
6.6
MOVIE1982
The Renegades
as Jimmy Lee
β
5.5
MOVIE1995
Midnight Man
as Mao Mak
β
6.0
MOVIE1980
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
as Field Marshal Abehata
β
8.0
MOVIE1988
Slaying the Dragon
β
5.9
MOVIE1974
The Questor Tapes
as Dr. Chen
β
9.0
MOVIE1979
Samurai
as Takeo Chisato
β
3.7
MOVIE1989
Cage
as Tin Lum Yin
β
3.5
MOVIE1996
Space Marines
as Ambassador Nakamura
β
9.0
MOVIE1968
Escape to Mindanao
as Lt. Takahashi
β
5.2
MOVIE1966
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Danny Kohana
β
6.3
MOVIE1960
Walk Like a Dragon
as Cheng Lu
β
4.5
MOVIE2009
The People I've Slept With
as Charles Yang
β
6.8
MOVIE1994
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
as Det. Whoo
β
6.9
MOVIE1961
Bridge to the Sun
as Hidenari Terasaki
β
7.3
MOVIE1967
Death Walks in Laredo
as Lester Koto
β
6.3
MOVIE1967
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
as George Ti Ming
β
5.7
MOVIE2019
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
MOVIE2022
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
as Admiral Heilachiro Nogura
β
7.0
MOVIE1976
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as David Lao
β
4.3
MOVIE1982
Tomorrow's Child
as Donald Shibura
β
8.5
MOVIE1968
Manila, Open City
as Captain Murakami
MOVIE1975
Matt Helm
as Tom McCauley
MOVIE1999
Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century
as Narrator
MOVIE1990
Home from the Eastern Sea
as Narrator