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James Shigeta‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1929-06-17

Popularity

star6.5

James Shigeta

Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

James Shigeta

Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1929-06-17

Popularity

star6.5

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.

Movie Credits

Brother

Brother‌
star7.1
calendar 2000

Die Hard

Die Hard‌
star7.8
calendar 1988

Mulan

Mulan‌
star7.9
calendar 1998

Flower Drum Song

Flower Drum Song‌
star6.1
calendar 1961

Drive

Drive‌
star6.1
calendar 1997

The Crimson Kimono

The Crimson Kimono‌
star6.6
calendar 1959

The Yakuza

The Yakuza‌
star7.1
calendar 1974

The People I've Slept With

The People I've Slept With‌
star4.9
calendar 2009

The Questor Tapes

The Questor Tapes‌
star5.7
calendar 1974

Escape to Mindanao

Escape to Mindanao‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Paradise, Hawaiian Style‌
star5.1
calendar 1966

Home from the Eastern Sea

Home from the Eastern Sea‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Matt Helm

Matt Helm‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Tomorrow's Child

Tomorrow's Child‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Carol for Another Christmas

Carol for Another Christmas‌
star5.8
calendar 1964

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon‌
star5.4
calendar 1973

Death Walks in Laredo

Death Walks in Laredo‌
star6.5
calendar 1967

Cry for Happy

Cry for Happy‌
star5.0
calendar 1961

Bridge to the Sun

Bridge to the Sun‌
star6.8
calendar 1961

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 2019

Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect‌
star5.5
calendar 1968

The Renegades

The Renegades‌
star7.6
calendar 1982

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die‌
star6.5
calendar 1994

China Cry

China Cry‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

Midway

Midway‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century

Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

The Slanted Screen

The Slanted Screen‌
star10.0
calendar 2006

Operation Heartbeat

Operation Heartbeat‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Manila, Open City

Manila, Open City‌
star8.2
calendar 1968

Midnight Man

Midnight Man‌
star5.3
calendar 1995

Walk Like a Dragon

Walk Like a Dragon‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Hollywood Chinese

Hollywood Chinese‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

The Young Lawyers

The Young Lawyers‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Slaying the Dragon

Slaying the Dragon‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

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

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb‌
star5.5
calendar 1980

Cage II: The Arena of Death

Cage II: The Arena of Death‌
star3.1
calendar 1994

Space Marines

Space Marines‌
star3.4
calendar 1996

Samurai

Samurai‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Cage

Cage‌
star2.6
calendar 1989

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die

The Killer Who Wouldn't Die‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Yorktown: A Time to Heal

Yorktown: A Time to Heal‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk‌
star6.0
calendar 1967

Tv Credits

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.‌
star7.3
calendar 1980

Threat Matrix

Threat Matrix‌
star6.0
calendar 2003

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender‌
star8.7
calendar 2005

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker‌
star6.3
calendar 1982

Kung Fu

Kung Fu‌
star7.6
calendar 1972

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie‌
star8.0
calendar 1974

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

seaQuest DSV

seaQuest DSV‌
star7.0
calendar 1993

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon‌
star6.7
calendar 1981

Airwolf

Airwolf‌
star7.5
calendar 1984

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Naked City

Naked City‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries‌
star7.0
calendar 1977

Babylon 5

Babylon 5‌
star8.1
calendar 1994

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

Emergency!

Emergency!‌
star7.8
calendar 1972

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Police Woman

Police Woman‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

Matt Houston

Matt Houston‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

The Hitchhiker

The Hitchhiker‌
star6.1
calendar 1983

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Ben Casey

Ben Casey‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen‌
star7.4
calendar 1975

The Lieutenant

The Lieutenant‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

The Bing Crosby Show

The Bing Crosby Show‌
star5.0
calendar 1964

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Kraft Mystery Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Renegade

Renegade‌
star6.6
calendar 1992

Masquerade

Masquerade‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman‌
star5.9
calendar 1987

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files‌
star7.5
calendar 1974

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest‌
star7.2
calendar 1996

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest‌
star7.2
calendar 1996

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Medical Center

Medical Center‌
star6.1
calendar 1969

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Once an Eagle

Once an Eagle‌
star6.8
calendar 1976

Renegade

Renegade‌
star6.6
calendar 1992

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards‌
star6.8
calendar 1944