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Acting

James Shigeta

Career: Active from 1959 to 2022, with a break from 2011 to 2021, busiest in 1961 and 1968 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Crimson Kimono
74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Shigeta Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Melancholy
3.6, average 4.7
Psychological
4.5, average 5.5
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0
Uncanny
1.6, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Nostalgic Charm 2
Fast-Paced 2
Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Yorktown: A Time to Heal

as Admiral Heilachiro Nogura

2010s

2 titles · average score 47

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

60

as (archive footage)

The People I've Slept With

34

as Charles Yang

2000s

3 titles · average score 64

96

TV show · as Old Wanderer (voice)

Threat Matrix

36

TV show · as Kang Sok-Joo

Brother

60

as Sugimoto

1990s

15 titles · average score 62

Mulan

81

as General Li (voice)

Drive

65

as Mr. Lau

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

74

TV show · as Dr. Yamashiro (voice) / Inspector Mantjur (voice)

Cybill

69

TV show · as Mr. Matsuzaki

Midnight Man

49

as Mao Mak

Babylon 5

70

TV show · as Taro Isogi

Cage II: The Arena of Death

36

as Tin Lum Yin

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

66

as Det. Whoo

seaQuest DSV

61

TV show · as Vietnamese President Chi

Renegade

64

TV show · as Mr. Ota

China Cry

72

as Dr. Sung

Beverly Hills, 90210

65

TV show · as Ben Sosna

1980s

14 titles · average score 62

Cage

44

as Tin Lum Yin

Die Hard

83

as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi

Jake and the Fatman

64

TV show · as Mr. Koso Nakasone

Airwolf

62

TV show · as Colonel Tranh Van Zung

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as John Sukahara / Luc Li

The Hitchhiker

64

TV show · as Nishi

Masquerade

TV show · as Makko

T. J. Hooker

42

TV show · as Chow Duc Khan

Matt Houston

64

TV show · as Lin Ha

Tomorrow's Child

as Donald Shibura

Simon & Simon

46

TV show

Magnum, P.I.

82

TV show · as Mr. Obotu / Richard Enoka

1970s

18 titles · average score 63

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Bud's Father

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

48

TV show

Midway

54

as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

Ellery Queen

79

TV show · as Stephen Yang

S.W.A.T.

69

TV show

The Yakuza

61

as Goro

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as Sam Wing

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Clement Chin

The Questor Tapes

62

as Dr. Chen

Police Woman

43

TV show

Emergency!

78

TV show · as Nathan O'Brien

The Streets of San Francisco

48

TV show · as Prosecutor

1960s

24 titles · average score 64

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Joseph Matsukino

Escape to Mindanao

as Lt. Takahashi

Manila, Open City

as Captain Murakami

Death Walks in Laredo

as Lester Koto

Ironside

45

TV show

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

52

as Danny Kohana

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Shiki

The Outer Limits

78

TV show · as AIO Captain Newa / Maj. Jong

Flower Drum Song

73

as Wang Ta

Cry for Happy

55

as Suzuki

Bridge to the Sun

72

as Hidenari Terasaki

Walk Like a Dragon

64

as Cheng Lu

1950s

3 titles · average score 75

The Crimson Kimono

74

as Detective Joe Kojaku

Naked City

69

TV show · as James Kam

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Ward Toyama