
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".
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
The titles people know James from.
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

as Admiral Heilachiro Nogura

as (archive footage)
as Charles Yang
as Old Wanderer (voice) · 1 episode

as Kang Sok-Joo · 1 episode
as Sugimoto
as Narrator
as General Li (voice)
as Mr. Lau
as Inspector Mantjur (voice) · 1 episode
as Ambassador Nakamura
as Mao Mak
as Mr. Matsuzaki · 1 episode
as Tin Lum Yin
as Tin Lum Yin
as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
as Mr. Koso Nakasone · 1 episode
as John Sukahara · 1 episode
as Colonel Tranh Van Zung · 1 episode

as Makko · 1 episode
as Nishi · 1 episode
as Lin Ha · 1 episode

as Takeo Chisato
as Bud's Father · 1 episode
1 episode

as Lin Tso-Han · 7 episodes
as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

as David Lao
as Stephen Yang · 1 episode

as Tom McCauley

as Lee Ahn
as Dr. Osaka · 2 episodes
as Joseph Matsukino · 1 episode

as Chief Resident

as Lt. Takahashi

as Captain Murakami

as Diver Toshi O'Hara
as George Ti Ming
as Detective Joe Kojaku
as James Kam · 1 episode
as Ward Toyama · 1 episode
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