
Birthday
1929/06/17
Day of death
2014/07/28 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Also know as
James Saburo Shigeta, 繁田三郎
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 ...Read more

(2000) Brother
as Sugimoto

(1988) Die Hard
as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi

(1998) Mulan
as General Li (voice)

(1961) Flower Drum Song
as Wang Ta

(1997) Drive
as Mr. Lau

(1959) The Crimson Kimono
as Detective Joe Kojaku

(1974) The Yakuza
as Goro

(2009) The People I've Slept With
as Charles Yang

(1974) The Questor Tapes
as Dr. Chen

(1968) Escape to Mindanao
as Lt. Takahashi

(1966) Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Danny Kohana
(1990) Home from the Eastern Sea
as Narrator

(1975) Matt Helm
as Tom McCauley

(1982) Tomorrow's Child
as Donald Shibura

(1964) Carol for Another Christmas
as Japanese Doctor

(1973) Lost Horizon
as Brother To-Lenn

(1967) Death Walks in Laredo
as Lester Koto

(1961) Cry for Happy
as Harue

(1961) Bridge to the Sun
as Hidenari Terasaki

(2019) Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)

(1968) Nobody's Perfect
as Diver Toshi O'Hara

(1982) The Renegades
as Jimmy Lee

(1994) Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
as Det. Whoo

(1990) China Cry
as Dr. Sung

(1976) Midway
as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
(1999) Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century
as Narrator

(2006) The Slanted Screen
as Himself

(1969) Operation Heartbeat
as Chief Resident

(1968) Manila, Open City
as Captain Murakami

(1995) Midnight Man
as Mao Mak

(1960) Walk Like a Dragon
as Cheng Lu

(2007) Hollywood Chinese
as Self

(1969) The Young Lawyers
as Lee Ahn

(1988) Slaying the Dragon
as ---

(1980) Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
as Field Marshal Abehata

(1994) Cage II: The Arena of Death
as Tin Lum Yin

(1996) Space Marines
as Ambassador Nakamura

(1979) Samurai
as Takeo Chisato

(1989) Cage
as Tin Lum Yin

(1976) The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
as David Lao

(2022) Yorktown: A Time to Heal
as Admiral Heilachiro Nogura
(1967) The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
as George Ti Ming

(2025) Beam Me Up, Sulu
as Self

(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as John Sukahara

(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as Richard Enoka

(2003) Threat Matrix
as Kang Sok-Joo

(2005) Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Old Wanderer (voice)

(1963) Burke's Law
as Sidney Ying

(1982) T. J. Hooker
as Chow Duc Khan

(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as Sam Wing

(1990) Beverly Hills, 90210
as Ben Sosna

(1981) Simon & Simon
as ---

(1993) seaQuest DSV
as Vietnamese President Chi

(1984) Airwolf
as Colonel Tranh Van Zung

(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Joseph Matsukino

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---

(1958) Naked City
as James Kam

(1977) The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as ---

(1994) Babylon 5
as Taro Isogi

(1957) Perry Mason
as Ward Toyama

(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Shiki

(1972) Emergency!
as ---

(1967) Ironside
as ---

(1974) Police Woman
as ---

(1975) S.W.A.T.
as ---

(1983) The Hitchhiker
as Nishi

(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self

(1961) Ben Casey
as ---

(1975) Ellery Queen
as Stephen Yang

(1963) The Lieutenant
as ---

(1964) The Bing Crosby Show
as ---

(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Roy Shigera

(1963) The Outer Limits
as Maj. Jong

(1961) Kraft Mystery Theatre
as ---

(1992) Renegade
as ---

(1983) Masquerade
as Makko

(1987) Jake and the Fatman
as Mr. Koso Nakasone

(1963) The Outer Limits
as AIO Captain Newa

(1974) The Rockford Files
as Clement Chin

(1996) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Inspector Mantjur (voice)

(1996) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Dr. Yamashiro (voice)

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Prosecutor

(1969) Medical Center
as Dr. Osaka

(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Luc Li

(1976) Once an Eagle
as Lin Tso-Han

(1992) Renegade
as Mr. Ota

(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member

(1977) The Love Boat
as Bud's Father

(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee

(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as Mr. Obotu

(1972) Kung Fu
as Master Kwan Li

(1972) Kung Fu
as Col. Lin Pei

(1961) Ben Casey
as Dr. Harvey Lee

(1995) Cybill
as Mr. Matsuzaki

(1982) Matt Houston
as Lin Ha