James Shigeta

James Shigeta

Person

James Shigeta

Actor 1929-06-17 Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

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 desce...

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FILMOGRAPHY

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Die Hard

Die Hard

1988 · Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi

Mulan

Mulan

1998 · General Li (voice)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

2005 · Old Wanderer (voice)

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Sam Wing

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990 · Ben Sosna

Babylon 5

Babylon 5

1994 · Taro Isogi

Brother

Brother

2000 · Sugimoto

Airwolf

Airwolf

1984 · Colonel Tranh Van Zung

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · John Sukahara

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

1980 · Richard Enoka

Midway

Midway

1976 · Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966 · Shiki

Kung Fu

Kung Fu

1972 · Master Kwan Li

The Yakuza

The Yakuza

1974 · Goro

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

1977 · Bud's Father

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

1969 · Joseph Matsukino

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

1963 · Maj. Jong