James Shigeta


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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...

Place of Birth: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

Date of Birth: Jun 17, 1929

Date of Death: Jul 28, 2014


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Actor (36 Known Credits)


Brother

Sugimoto

Mulan

General Li (voice)

Drive

Mr. Lau

Space Marines

Ambassador Nakamura

Babylon 5

Taro Isogi

Cage II

Tin Lum Yin

seaQuest DSV

Vietnamese President Chi

Cage

Tin Lum Yin

Die Hard

Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi

The Renegades

Jimmy Lee

Samurai

Takeo Chisato

Midway

Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

The Rockford Files

Clement Chin

Lost Horizon

Brother To-Lenn

Nobody's Perfect

Diver Toshi O'Hara

Manila, Open City

Captain Murakami

Bridge to the Sun

Hidenari Terasaki

The Crimson Kimono

Detective Joe Kojaku

Charles Yang
Himself
Himself
Brother (2000)
Sugimoto
Mulan (1998)
General Li (voice)
Drive (1997)
Mr. Lau
Space Marines (1996)
Ambassador Nakamura
Babylon 5 (1994 - 1998)
Taro Isogi
Cage II (1994)
Tin Lum Yin
seaQuest DSV (1993 - 1996)
Vietnamese President Chi
Dr. Sung
Cage (1989)
Tin Lum Yin
Die Hard (1988)
Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
Masquerade (1983 - 1984)
Makko
The Renegades (1982)
Jimmy Lee
Samurai (1979)
Takeo Chisato
Midway (1976)
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
The Rockford Files (1974 - 1980)
Clement Chin
The Yakuza (1974)
Goro
Dr. Chen
Lost Horizon (1973)
Brother To-Lenn
Lee Ahn
Diver Toshi O'Hara
Captain Murakami
Lester Koto
Danny Kohana
Wang Ta
Hidenari Terasaki
Cry for Happy (1961)
Harue
Cheng Lu
Detective Joe Kojaku

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