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...
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Brother
As Sugimoto
Die Hard
As Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
Mulan
As General Li (voice)
Flower Drum Song
As Wang Ta
Drive
As Mr. Lau
The Crimson Kimono
As Detective Joe Kojaku
The Yakuza
As Goro
The People I've Slept With
As Charles Yang
The Questor Tapes
As Dr. Chen
Escape to Mindanao
As Lt. Takahashi
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
As Danny Kohana
Home from the Eastern Sea
As Narrator
Matt Helm
As Tom McCauley
Tomorrow's Child
As Donald Shibura
Carol for Another Christmas
As Japanese Doctor
Lost Horizon
As Brother To-Lenn
Death Walks in Laredo
As Lester Koto
Cry for Happy
As Harue
Bridge to the Sun
As Hidenari Terasaki
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
As (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect
As Diver Toshi O'Hara
The Renegades
As Jimmy Lee
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
As Det. Whoo
China Cry
As Dr. Sung
Midway
As Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century
As Narrator
The Slanted Screen
As Himself
Operation Heartbeat
As Chief Resident
Manila, Open City
As Captain Murakami
Midnight Man
As Mao Mak
Walk Like a Dragon
As Cheng Lu
Hollywood Chinese
As Self
The Young Lawyers
As Lee Ahn
Slaying the Dragon
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
As Field Marshal Abehata
Cage II: The Arena of Death
As Tin Lum Yin
Space Marines
As Ambassador Nakamura
Samurai
As Takeo Chisato
Cage
As Tin Lum Yin
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
As David Lao
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
As Admiral Heilachiro Nogura
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
As George Ti Ming
Murder, She Wrote
As John Sukahara
Magnum, P.I.
As Dr. Richard Enoka
Threat Matrix
As Kang Sok-Joo
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Burke's Law
As Sidney Ying
T. J. Hooker
As Chow Duc Khan
Kung Fu
Little House on the Prairie
Beverly Hills, 90210
seaQuest DSV
As Vietnamese President Chi
Simon & Simon
Airwolf
As Colonel Tranh Van Zung
Hawaii Five-O
As Joseph Matsukino
The Streets of San Francisco
Naked City
As James Kam
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Babylon 5
As Taro Isogi
Perry Mason
As Ward Toyama
Mission: Impossible
As Shiki
Emergency!
Ironside
Police Woman
S.W.A.T.
Matt Houston
The Hitchhiker
As Nishi
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
As Self
Ben Casey
Ellery Queen
As Stephen Yang
The Lieutenant
The Bing Crosby Show
Dr. Kildare
As Dr. Roy Shigera
The Outer Limits
As Maj. Jong
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Renegade
Masquerade
As Makko
Jake and the Fatman
As Mr. Koso Nakasone
The Rockford Files
As Clement Chin
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
As Inspector Mantjur (voice)
Medical Center
As Dr. Osaka
Once an Eagle
As Lin Tso-Han
Golden Globe Awards
As Self - Audience Member