James Shigeta
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The ThumbScore for James Shigeta (80.0%) is the average audience approval rating across 4 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of James's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
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.
Born 1929-06-17 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Died 2014-07-28.
On ThumbScore, James Shigeta appears in 4 films with an average audience score of 80.0%, most frequently in the Thriller genre.
Sources: TMDB
Every James Shigeta movie, ranked by audience score
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