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Movies starring James Shigeta have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 64%.
Mulan - released in 1998 - is James Shigeta's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 791 reviews.
The lowest rated film from James Shigeta is Space Marines - released in 1996 - with a score of 40% based on 2 reviews.
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.
James Shigeta has acted in films with James Hong, Robert Mitchum, Pat Morita and Dana Lee.
James Shigeta has worked with these film directors: Sydney Pollack, John McTiernan, Samuel Fuller and Henry Koster.
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