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.

Die Hard

7.8

Mulan

7.9

Avatar: The Last Airbender

8.7

Little House on the Prairie

7.9

Beverly Hills, 90210

7.4

Babylon 5

8.0

Brother

7.1

Airwolf

7.6

Magnum, P.I.

7.2

Murder, She Wrote

7.5

Midway

6.6

Mission: Impossible

7.6

Kung Fu

7.6

The Yakuza

7.1

The Love Boat

6.3

The Outer Limits

7.8

Drive

6.1

Hawaii Five-O

7.1

seaQuest DSV

7.0

Perry Mason

7.7

Renegade

6.6

The Rockford Files

7.5

The Streets of San Francisco

7.0

Simon & Simon

6.7

T. J. Hooker

6.3

S.W.A.T.

7.0

Ironside

6.8

The Crimson Kimono

6.7

Jake and the Fatman

6.0

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

5.1

Emergency!

7.8

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

7.2

Ellery Queen

7.4

Lost Horizon

5.4

Flower Drum Song

6.1

Police Woman

6.2

The Hitchhiker

6.1

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

7.0

Matt Houston

6.2

Carol for Another Christmas

5.5

The Questor Tapes

5.7

Dr. Kildare

5.3

The People I've Slept With

4.9

Ben Casey

5.6

Golden Globe Awards

6.8

Bridge to the Sun

6.8

Medical Center

6.1

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

6.5

Space Marines

3.3

Burke's Law

6.0

Naked City

5.5

Midnight Man

5.1

Cage II: The Arena of Death

3.1

Cage

3.2

China Cry

6.0

Cry for Happy

5.0

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

5.5

Threat Matrix

6.0

The Renegades

7.5

Once an Eagle

6.8

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk

6.0

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

5.3

The Lieutenant

6.0

Death Walks in Laredo

6.5

Nobody's Perfect

5.5

Manila, Open City

8.2

Walk Like a Dragon

5.0

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

5.5

Kraft Mystery Theatre

6.0

The Slanted Screen

10.0

The Bing Crosby Show

5.0

Masquerade

5.0

Escape to Mindanao

0.0

Home from the Eastern Sea

0.0

Matt Helm

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Tomorrow's Child

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Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century

0.0

Operation Heartbeat

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Hollywood Chinese

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The Young Lawyers

0.0

Slaying the Dragon

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Samurai

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The Killer Who Wouldn't Die

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Yorktown: A Time to Heal

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