James Shigeta
Birthday: 1929-06-17 | Place of Birth: Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USAJames 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.
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Acting
Role
as Charles Yang
as Himself
as Sugimoto
as Det. Whoo
as Tin Lum Yin
as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
as Jimmy Lee
as Goro
as Dr. Chen
as Brother To-Lenn
as Captain Murakami
as Danny Kohana
as Japanese Doctor
as Harue
as Hidenari Terasaki
as Wang Ta
as Cheng Lu
as Detective Joe Kojaku
