James Shigeta
Acting
Born June 17, 1929 — Died July 28, 2014
From Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Also known as James Saburo Shigeta, 繁田三郎
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 ...
Filmography
Beam Me Up, Sulu
Self
20256.0
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
Admiral Heilachiro Nogura
2022
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
20195.7
The People I've Slept With
Charles Yang
20094.5
Hollywood Chinese
Self
2007
The Slanted Screen
Himself
200610.0
Brother
Sugimoto
20007.1
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Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century
Narrator
1999
Mulan
General Li (voice)
19987.9
Drive
Mr. Lau
19976.1
Space Marines
Ambassador Nakamura
19963.5
Midnight Man
Mao Mak
19955.2
Cage II: The Arena of Death
Tin Lum Yin
19943.3
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Det. Whoo
19946.8
China Cry
Dr. Sung
19906.4
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Home from the Eastern Sea
Narrator
1990
Cage
Tin Lum Yin
19893.7
Slaying the Dragon
19888.0
Die Hard
Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
19887.8
The Renegades
Jimmy Lee
19826.6
Tomorrow's Child
Donald Shibura
19824.3
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Field Marshal Abehata
19806.0
Samurai
Takeo Chisato
19799.0
Midway
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
19766.6
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
David Lao
19767.0
Matt Helm
Tom McCauley
1975
The Yakuza
Goro
19747.1
The Questor Tapes
Dr. Chen
19745.9
Lost Horizon
Brother To-Lenn
19735.5
The Young Lawyers
Lee Ahn
196910.0
Operation Heartbeat
Chief Resident
19698.0
Escape to Mindanao
Lt. Takahashi
19689.0
Manila, Open City
Captain Murakami
19688.5
Nobody's Perfect
Diver Toshi O'Hara
19686.3
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
George Ti Ming
19676.3
Death Walks in Laredo
Lester Koto
19677.2
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Danny Kohana
19665.2
Carol for Another Christmas
Japanese Doctor
19645.9
Flower Drum Song
Wang Ta
19616.3
Bridge to the Sun
Hidenari Terasaki
19616.9
Cry for Happy
Suzuki
19615.4
Walk Like a Dragon
Cheng Lu
19606.3
The Crimson Kimono
Detective Joe Kojaku
19596.6