James Shigeta

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James Shigeta

Born 1929-06-17 Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA 43 films

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 role…

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Filmography

43 films
Brother poster

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where…

Brother

★ 7.1 2000

Mulan poster

When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a youn…

Mulan

★ 7.9 1998

Drive poster

A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bys…

Drive

★ 6.1 1997

Space Marines poster

Space pirates, led by diabolical Colonel Fraser, take over a cargo ship carrying anti-matter explos…

Space Marines

★ 3.5 1996

Midnight Man poster

When the police start a crackdown on Yakuza activities, a killer starts killing the cops forcing a…

Midnight Man

★ 5.2 1995