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Within Vinony's link graph, James Shigeta is referenced by 196 other articles, and connects out to IMDb, Japanese and World War II.
Vinony files it under 1929 births, 2014 deaths and 20th-century American male actors.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 144
- Total plays
- 372
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Shigeta">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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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- date of death
- 2014-07-28
- date of birth
- 1929-06-17
- Commons category
- James Shigeta
- cause of death
- respiratory failure
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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