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James Saburo Shigeta (Japanese: 繁田 三郎; June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor and singer 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).
Jul 31, 2014 · by Rafu Reports 07/31/2014. In “A Bridge to the Sun,” James Shigeta and Carroll Baker played a real-life couple, Hidenari and Gwen Terasaki. By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer. James Shigeta, who played the romantic lead in Hollywood films in the late 1950s and early ’60s, passed away on Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, according to his ...
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As a stage actor and singer, he performed in the 1969 national tour of The King and I. James Shigeta was born in Honolulu. After studying theater at New York University, he served in the Korean War as a member of the United States Marine Corps. He co-starred with Elvis Presley in Paradise, Hawaiian Style.
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- Honolulu
Jul 31, 2014 · His favorite film, Ellie Shigeta said, is the now little-seen “Bridge to the Sun” (1961), based on a true story. Mr. Shigeta played a Japanese diplomat in Washington who falls in love with an ...
Aug 2, 2014 · In Bridge to the Sun, a 1961 film based on a memoir of the same name, Shigeta played Hidenari Terasaki, a dashing Japanese diplomat from Tokyo who meets cute and later marries Gwen Harold, a...
Jul 30, 2014 · James Shigeta passed away Monday at the age of 85, a family member confirmed to NBC News, following his rich and trailblazing career in film and television. Shigeta turned heads not only as a...
James Shigeta. Actor: Die Hard. Hawaiian-born James Shigeta was, for a time, the biggest East Asian U.S. star the country had known for decades.
