James Shigeta

James Shigeta

Nació el 17 de junio de 1929 en Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA, murió el 28 de julio de 2014.

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.

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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.

Mulan (7.9) Mulán Película · 1998 como General Li (voice) · 1 la recomienda
Die Hard (7.8) Jungla de cristal Película · 1988 como Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
Midway (6.6) La batalla de Midway Película · 1976 como Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo