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