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James Shigeta
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James Shigeta
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-06-17,Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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

7.1

Brother
2000-12-13

7.813

Die Hard
1988-07-15

7.903

Mulan
1998-06-18

Flower Drum Song

6.271

Flower Drum Song
1961-11-09

6.112

Drive
1997-08-06

The Crimson Kimono

6.614

The Crimson Kimono
1959-10-21

7.14

The Yakuza
1974-12-21

The People I've Slept With

4.5

The People I've Slept With
2009-08-13

The Questor Tapes

5.9

The Questor Tapes
1974-01-23

Escape to Mindanao

9

Escape to Mindanao
1968-12-07

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

5.235

Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966-04-23

Home from the Eastern Sea

0

Home from the Eastern Sea
1990-01-01

0

Matt Helm
1975-05-07

Tomorrow's Child

5.5

Tomorrow's Child
1982-03-22

Carol for Another Christmas

5.919

Carol for Another Christmas
1964-12-28

5.5

Lost Horizon
1973-03-14

Death Walks in Laredo

7.25

Death Walks in Laredo
1967-02-18

5.625

Cry for Happy
1961-03-03

Bridge to the Sun

6.857

Bridge to the Sun
1961-10-17

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

5.7

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019-10-13

Nobody's Perfect

6.333

Nobody's Perfect
1968-01-12

6.643

The Renegades
1982-08-11

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

6.8

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994-05-06

6.375

China Cry
1990-11-02

6.6

Midway
1976-06-18

Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century

0

Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century
1999-01-01

The Slanted Screen

10

The Slanted Screen
2006-01-03

Operation Heartbeat

8

Operation Heartbeat
1969-04-17

Manila, Open City

8.5

Manila, Open City
1968-01-13

5.5

Midnight Man
1995-05-09

Walk Like a Dragon

6.333

Walk Like a Dragon
1960-06-01

Hollywood Chinese

0

Hollywood Chinese
2007-03-18

The Young Lawyers

10

The Young Lawyers
1969-10-28

Slaying the Dragon

8

Slaying the Dragon
1988-11-04

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

6

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980-11-23

Cage II: The Arena of Death

3.4

Cage II: The Arena of Death
1994-12-14

3.464

Space Marines
1996-01-01

9

Samurai
1979-04-30

3.682

Cage
1989-09-01

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die

7

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
1976-04-04

Yorktown: A Time to Heal

0

Yorktown: A Time to Heal
2022-04-05

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk

6.25

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
1967-09-08

Beam Me Up, Sulu

6

Beam Me Up, Sulu
2025-06-25

Murder, She Wrote

7.534

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7.331

Magnum, P.I.
1980-12-11

6.143

Threat Matrix
2003-09-18

8.76

Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005-02-21

6.25

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

6.516

T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13

Little House on the Prairie

7.937

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

Beverly Hills, 90210

7.3

Beverly Hills, 90210
1990-10-04

7.089

seaQuest DSV
1993-09-12

6.7

Simon & Simon
1981-11-24

7.6

Airwolf
1984-01-22

7.172

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

The Streets of San Francisco

7.01

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

5.667

Naked City
1958-09-30

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

7.1

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977-01-30

8.049

Babylon 5
1994-01-26

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

Mission: Impossible

7.554

Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17

7.912

Emergency!
1972-01-22

6.855

Ironside
1967-03-28

6.422

Police Woman
1974-09-13

7.1

S.W.A.T.
1975-02-24

6.25

The Hitchhiker
1983-11-23

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

6.4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05

5.867

Ben Casey
1961-10-02

7.488

Ellery Queen
1975-09-11

7

The Lieutenant
1963-09-14

The Bing Crosby Show

6

The Bing Crosby Show
1964-09-14

5.711

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

The Outer Limits

7.8

The Outer Limits
1963-09-16

Kraft Mystery Theatre

7.25

Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961-06-14

6.733

Renegade
1992-09-19

7.5

Masquerade
1983-12-15

Jake and the Fatman

6.185

Jake and the Fatman
1987-09-26

The Outer Limits

7.8

The Outer Limits
1963-09-16

The Rockford Files

7.6

The Rockford Files
1974-09-13

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

7.1

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996-08-26

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

7.1

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996-08-26

The Streets of San Francisco

7.01

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

6.357

Medical Center
1969-09-24

Murder, She Wrote

7.534

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

6.8

Once an Eagle
1976-12-02

6.733

Renegade
1992-09-19

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

6.3

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

7.331

Magnum, P.I.
1980-12-11

7.7

Kung Fu
1972-10-14

7.7

Kung Fu
1972-10-14

5.867

Ben Casey
1961-10-02

5.886

Cybill
1995-01-02

6.321

Matt Houston
1982-09-26

Golden Globe Awards

7.2

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20