James Shigeta

James Shigeta

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

17/06/1929

Day of Death

28/07/2014
(85) years old

Place of Birth

Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

Biography

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

Beam Me Up, Sulu

as Self

2022

Yorktown: A Time to Heal

as Admiral Heilachiro Nogura

2009

The People I've Slept With

as Charles Yang

2006

The Slanted Screen

as Himself

2000

Brother

as Sugimoto

1998

Mulan

as General Li (voice)

1997

Drive

as Mr. Lau

1996

Space Marines

as Ambassador Nakamura

1995

Midnight Man

as Mao Mak

1994

Cage II: The Arena of Death

as Tin Lum Yin

1990

China Cry

as Dr. Sung

1989

Cage

as Tin Lum Yin

1988

Die Hard

as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi

1982

The Renegades

as Jimmy Lee

1982

Tomorrow's Child

as Donald Shibura

1979

Samurai

as Takeo Chisato

1976

Midway

as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

1975

Matt Helm

as Tom McCauley

1974

The Yakuza

as Goro

1974

The Questor Tapes

as Dr. Chen

1973

Lost Horizon

as Brother To-Lenn

1969

The Young Lawyers

as Lee Ahn

1969

Operation Heartbeat

as Chief Resident

1968

Escape to Mindanao

as Lt. Takahashi

1968

Manila, Open City

as Captain Murakami

1968

Nobody's Perfect

as Diver Toshi O'Hara

1967

Death Walks in Laredo

as Lester Koto

1966

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

as Danny Kohana

1964

Carol for Another Christmas

as Japanese Doctor

1961

Flower Drum Song

as Wang Ta

1961

Bridge to the Sun

as Hidenari Terasaki

1961

Cry for Happy

as Harue

1960

Walk Like a Dragon

as Cheng Lu

1959

The Crimson Kimono

as Detective Joe Kojaku