James Shigeta actor
- All known tv series 46
- Total known movies 42
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.
Wang Ta
Movie 1961
Goro
Movie 1974
Lt. Takahashi
Movie 1968
Narrator
Movie 1990
Tom McCauley
Movie 1975
Donald Shibura
Movie 1982
Brother To-Lenn
Movie 1973
Hidenari Terasaki
Movie 1961
(archive footage)
Movie 2019
Diver Toshi O'Hara
Movie 1968
Det. Whoo
Movie 1994
Narrator
Movie 1999
Himself
Movie 2006
Chief Resident
Movie 1969
Captain Murakami
Movie 1968
Mao Mak
Movie 1995
Self
Movie 2007
Lee Ahn
Movie 1969
Movie 1988
Field Marshal Abehata
Movie 1980
Tin Lum Yin
Movie 1994
Ambassador Nakamura
Movie 1996
Takeo Chisato
Movie 1979
David Lao
Movie 1976
Admiral Heilachiro Nogura
Movie 2022
George Ti Ming
Movie 1967
Tv 2005
Tv 1972
Tv 1974
Tv 1990
Vietnamese President Chi
Tv 1993
Tv 1981
Colonel Tranh Van Zung
Tv 1984
Tv 1977
Tv 1972
Tv 1967
Tv 1974
Tv 1975
Tv 1982
Self
Tv 1956
Tv 1961
Tv 1963
Tv 1964
Tv 1961
Tv 1992
Mr. Ota
Tv 1992
Self - Audience Member
Tv 1944
