James Shigeta
Born in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA — Jun 17 1929• Died Jul 28 2014
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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 actor of Asian descent during his time, making him a trailbl…
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Babylon 5
Taro Isogi
Murder, She Wrote
John Sukahara
Perry Mason
Ward Toyama
Beverly Hills, 90210
Ben Sosna
Mission: Impossible
Shiki
Magnum, P.I.
Richard Enoka
Ironside
The Love Boat
Bud's Father
Renegade
Emergency!
Hawaii Five-O
Joseph Matsukino
The Rockford Files
Clement Chin
Little House on the Prairie
Sam Wing
T. J. Hooker
Chow Duc Khan
Naked City
James Kam
Airwolf
Colonel Tranh Van Zung
Medical Center
Dr. Osaka
seaQuest DSV
Vietnamese President Chi
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Roy Shigera
Police Woman
Burke's Law
Sidney Ying
Ben Casey
The Outer Limits
Maj. Jong
Simon & Simon
Jake and the Fatman
Mr. Koso Nakasone
Cybill
Mr. Matsuzaki
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Old Wanderer (voice)
Matt Houston
Lin Ha
The Hitchhiker
Nishi
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Streets of San Francisco
Die Hard
Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
Ellery Queen
Stephen Yang
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Mulan
General Li (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Inspector Mantjur (voice)
Threat Matrix
Kang Sok-Joo
Masquerade
Makko
The Lieutenant
S.W.A.T.
Brother
Sugimoto
Once an Eagle
Lin Tso-Han
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Midway
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
The Bing Crosby Show
Lost Horizon
Brother To-Lenn
Cage
Tin Lum Yin
The Yakuza
Goro
Drive
Mr. Lau
Cry for Happy
Suzuki
Kung Fu
Master Kwan Li
Nobody's Perfect
Diver Toshi O'Hara
China Cry
Dr. Sung
The Renegades
Jimmy Lee
Midnight Man
Mao Mak
Operation Heartbeat
Chief Resident
Carol for Another Christmas
Japanese Doctor
Cage II: The Arena of Death
Tin Lum Yin
Samurai
Takeo Chisato
Hollywood Chinese
Self
Matt Helm
Tom McCauley
Bridge to the Sun
Hidenari Terasaki
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Field Marshal Abehata
Beam Me Up, Sulu
Self
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Det. Whoo
Walk Like a Dragon
Cheng Lu
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
David Lao
Slaying the Dragon
Space Marines
Ambassador Nakamura
Flower Drum Song
Wang Ta
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
Danny Kohana
Tomorrow's Child
Donald Shibura
The People I've Slept With
Charles Yang
The Questor Tapes
Dr. Chen
The Crimson Kimono
Detective Joe Kojaku
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
George Ti Ming
The Young Lawyers
Lee Ahn
The Slanted Screen
Himself
Manila, Open City
Captain Murakami
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
(archive footage)
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
Admiral Heilachiro Nogura
Escape to Mindanao
Lt. Takahashi
Death Walks in Laredo
Lester Koto
Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century
Narrator
Home from the Eastern Sea
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