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person_profile-James Shigeta

James Shigeta Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

James Shigeta

Date of Birth:

Jun 17, 1929

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 28, 2014

Biography of

James Shigeta

    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.

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Filmography of

James Shigeta

Found 39 Movies in total

The People I've Slept With

Charles Yang ( Actor )

... 2009

Hollywood Chinese

Self ( Actor )

... 2007

The Slanted Screen

Himself ( Actor )

... 2006

Brother

Sugimoto ( Actor )

... 2000

Mulan

General Li (voice) ( Actor )

... 1998

Drive

Mr. Lau ( Actor )

... 1997

Space Marines

Ambassador Nakamura ( Actor )

... 1996

Midnight Man

Mao Mak ( Actor )

... 1995

Cage II: The Arena of Death

Tin Lum Yin ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1994

China Cry

Dr. Sung ( Actor )

... 1990

Cage

Tin Lum Yin ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1988

Die Hard

Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi ( Actor )

... 1988

The Renegades

Jimmy Lee ( Actor )

... 1982

Tomorrow's Child

Donald Shibura ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1980

Samurai

Takeo Chisato ( Actor )

... 1979

Midway

Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo ( Actor )

... 1976

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die

David Lao ( Actor )

... 1976

Matt Helm

Tom McCauley ( Actor )

... 1975

The Yakuza

Goro ( Actor )

... 1974

The Questor Tapes

Dr. Chen ( Actor )

... 1974

Lost Horizon

Brother To-Lenn ( Actor )

... 1973

The Young Lawyers

Lee Ahn ( Actor )

... 1969

Operation Heartbeat

Chief Resident ( Actor )

... 1969

Escape to Mindanao

Lt. Takahashi ( Actor )

... 1968

Manila, Open City

Captain Murakami ( Actor )

... 1968

Nobody's Perfect

Diver Toshi O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1968

Death Walks in Laredo

Lester Koto ( Actor )

... 1967

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Danny Kohana ( Actor )

... 1966

Carol for Another Christmas

Japanese Doctor ( Actor )

... 1964

Flower Drum Song

Wang Ta ( Actor )

... 1961

Bridge to the Sun

Hidenari Terasaki ( Actor )

... 1961

Cry for Happy

Harue ( Actor )

... 1961

Walk Like a Dragon

Cheng Lu ( Actor )

... 1960

The Crimson Kimono

Detective Joe Kojaku ( Actor )

... 1959