James Shigeta

Film & TV

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…

Known for

• Beam Me Up, Sulu — Self2025
• Yorktown: A Time to Heal — Admiral Heilachiro Nogura2022
• Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood — (archive footage)2019
• The People I've Slept With — Charles Yang2009
• Hollywood Chinese — Self2007
• The Slanted Screen — Himself2006
• Avatar: The Last Airbender — Old Wanderer (voice)2005
• Threat Matrix — Kang Sok-Joo2003
• Brother — Sugimoto2000
• Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century — Narrator1999

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1929-06-17

Active to

2014-07-28

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

144

Total plays

372

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

James

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Honolulu

Place of death

Los Angeles

Occupation

voice actor

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Genre

traditional pop

Instrument

voice

Record label

Decca

Military branch

United States Marine Corps

Military rank

staff sergeant

Image

Bridge to the Sun (1961) Press Photo of James Shigeta (cropped).jpg

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