James Shigeta
Data de nascimento:
17/06/1929
Local de nascimento:
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Data de falecimento:
28/07/2014
Biografia
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 descent during his time, making him a trailblazer in Asian American representation in media. The Goldsea Asian-American Daily magazine listed him as one of the "Most Inspiring Asian-Americans Of All Time". Before his Hollywood career he found success as a pop singer and performer abroad, especially in Japan and Australia.
Filmes em que atuou
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Yorktown: A Time to Heal (2022)- 0.00 ★Admiral Heilachiro Nogura
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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)- 6.00 ★(archive footage)
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The People I've Slept With (2009)- 4.90 ★Charles Yang
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Hollywood Chinese (2007)- 0.00 ★Self
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The Slanted Screen (2006)- 10.00 ★Himself
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Brother - A Máfia Japonesa Yakuza em Los Angeles (2000)- 7.10 ★Sugimoto
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Mulan (1998)- 7.91 ★General Li (voice)
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Drive: Tensão Máxima (1997)- 6.07 ★Mr. Lau
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Space Marines (1996)- 3.35 ★Ambassador Nakamura
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Midnight Man (1995)- 5.30 ★Mao Mak
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Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994)- 6.50 ★Det. Whoo
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A Arena da Morte II (1994)- 3.10 ★Tin Lum Yin
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Um Clamor na China (1990)- 6.00 ★Dr. Sung
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A Arena da Morte (1989)- 2.80 ★Tin Lum Yin
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Duro de Matar (1988)- 7.79 ★Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
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Slaying the Dragon (1988)- 0.00 ★
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Tomorrow's Child (1982)- 0.00 ★Donald Shibura
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The Renegades (1982)- 7.60 ★Jimmy Lee
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Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)- 5.50 ★Field Marshal Abehata
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Samurai (1979)- 0.00 ★Takeo Chisato
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A Batalha de Midway (1976)- 6.63 ★Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
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The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976)- 0.00 ★David Lao
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Matt Helm (1975)- 0.00 ★Tom McCauley
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Operação Yakuza (1974)- 7.10 ★Goro
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The Questor Tapes (1974)- 5.80 ★Dr. Chen
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Horizonte Perdido (1973)- 5.50 ★Brother To-Lenn
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The Young Lawyers (1969)- 0.00 ★Lee Ahn
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Operation Heartbeat (1969)- 0.00 ★Chief Resident
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Nobody's Perfect (1968)- 5.50 ★Diver Toshi O'Hara
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Manila, Open City (1968)- 8.20 ★Captain Murakami
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Escape to Mindanao (1968)- 0.00 ★Lt. Takahashi
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3 pistole contro Cesare (1967)- 6.50 ★Lester Koto
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No Paraíso do Havaí (1966)- 5.10 ★Danny Kohana
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Carol for Another Christmas (1964)- 5.68 ★Japanese Doctor
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Flower Drum Song (1961)- 6.10 ★Wang Ta
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Cry for Happy (1961)- 5.00 ★Harue
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Bridge to the Sun (1961)- 6.80 ★Hidenari Terasaki
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Walk Like a Dragon (1960)- 5.00 ★Cheng Lu
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O Quimono Escarlate (1959)- 6.70 ★Detective Joe Kojaku