Cast: James Shigeta
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Shigeta. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 29
The Yakuza
1974 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Sydney Pollack
Cast Robert Mitchum · Ken Takakura · Brian Keith · Herb Edelman
Synopsis Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...
7.3
4K votes
7.3
4K votes
Die Hard
1988 · Movie · 131 min. · United States
Direction John McTiernan
Cast Bruce Willis · Bonnie Bedelia · Alan Rickman · Alexander Godunov
Synopsis In Die Hard (1988), NYPD officer John McClane visits Los Angeles to reconcile with his estranged wife during her company's Christmas party at a high-rise office building. The festive gathering takes a deadly turn when a group of terrorists, led...
7.2
116K votes
7.2
116K votes
The Crimson Kimono
1959 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Samuel Fuller
Cast Victoria Shaw · Glenn Corbett · James Shigeta · Anna Lee
Synopsis Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship... When a masked killer shoots Sugar Torch, a Los Angeles stripper, in the neck, homicide detectives Charlie Bancroft and Joe...
6.6
421 votes
6.6
421 votes
Battle of Midway
1976 · Movie · 132 min. · United States
Direction Jack Smight
Cast Charlton Heston · Henry Fonda · James Coburn · Glenn Ford
Synopsis The summer of 1942 brought Naval stalemate to the Pacific as the American and Japanese fleets stood at even numbers each waiting for the other to begin a renewed offensive. "Midway" tells the story of this historic June battle where...
6.5
3K votes
6.5
3K votes
Bridge to the Sun
1961 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Etienne Périer
Cast Carroll Baker · James Shigeta · James Yagi · Tetsurô Tanba
Synopsis An American woman marries a Japanese diplomat on the eve of World War II... In 1930, while vacationing in Washington, D. C., Tennessee-born Gwen Harold falls in love with and marries Japanese diplomat Hidenari (Terry) Terasaki, despite her family's objections....
6.3
53 votes
6.3
53 votes
Medical Center (TV Series)
1969 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Frank Glicksman · Al C. Ward · Vincent Sherman · Earl Bellamy
Cast Chad Everett · James Daly · Chris Hutson · Barbara Baldavin
Synopsis TV Series (1969-1976). 170 episodes. Located in the Los Angeles area, Medical Center was an otherwise unnamed hospital complex that was part of a large university campus. Dr. Paul Lochner was the chief of staff, an experienced, professional, compassionate man....
6.2
94 votes
6.2
94 votes
Carol for Another Christmas (TV)
1964 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast Sterling Hayden · Ben Gazzara · Steve Lawrence · Robert Shaw
Synopsis Industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge has never recovered from the loss of his 22-year-old son Marley, killed in action during Christmas Eve of 1944. The embittered Grudge has only scorn for any American involvement in international affairs. But then the Ghost...
6.0
46 votes
6.0
46 votes
Flower Drum Song
1961 · Movie · 133 min. · United States
Direction Henry Koster
Cast Nancy Kwan · James Shigeta · Benson Fong · Jack Soo
Synopsis A Chinese woman and her father illegally enter San Francisco to marry her fiance. While in San Francisco, she meets another man and falls deeply in love with him and the American way of life; to her father's disapproval.
5.8
37 votes
5.8
37 votes
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (TV)
1980 · Movie · 156 min. · United States
Direction David Lowell Rich
Cast Billy Crystal · Kim Darby · Patrick Duffy · Gary Frank
Synopsis Well-intentioned history lesson; the decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.
5.8
23 votes
5.8
23 votes
Cage
1989 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Lang Elliott
Cast Lou Ferrigno · Reb Brown · Michael Dante · Al Leong
Synopsis A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When...
4.8
24 votes
4.8
24 votes
Drive
1997 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Steve Wang
Cast Mark Dacascos · Kadeem Hardison · John Pyper-Ferguson · Brittany Murphy
Synopsis A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.
4.7
129 votes
4.7
129 votes
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Michael D. Moore
Cast Elvis Presley · Suzanna Leigh · James Shigeta · Donna Butterworth
Synopsis Blacklisted by the major airlines for endlessly chasing female staff, pilot Rick Richards returns to Hawaii to set up a helicopter charter company with his friend Danny. Having a girl on every island is a good way to get business...
3.9
158 votes
3.9
158 votes
Hollywood Chinese
2007 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Dong
Cast Turhan Bey · Joan Chen · Tsai Chin · James Hong
Synopsis Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues and treasures.
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Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1976 · Series · 390 min. · United States
Direction Boris Sagal
Cast Kirk Douglas · Christopher Plummer · Anne Baxter · Ralph Bellamy
Synopsis This is the story of the happenings at a major bank. The first of which is that the bank's president announces that he is dying and that with no heir to take his place, he informs the bank's officers that...
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The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (TV)
1967 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Larry Peerce
Cast Tim Matheson · Richard Gates · Richard Anderson · Portia Nelson
Synopsis Pilot TV episode. The Hardy Boys become owners of the Chinese junk Hai Hau. They head to New York City and go spelunking to break up a gang of criminals.
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China Cry: A True Story
1990 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction James F. Collier
Cast Julia Nickson · France Nuyen · James Shigeta · Russell Wong
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The Questor Tapes (TV)
1974 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Richard A. Colla
Cast Robert Foxworth · Mike Farrell · John Vernon · Lew Ayres
Synopsis Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of his programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project...
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Samurai (TV)
1979 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Lee H. Katzin
Cast Joe Penny · Dana Elcar · Beulah Quo · James Shigeta
Synopsis Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles a crazed multi-millionaire who is planning to destroy the city with an earthquake machine.
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Nobody's Perfect
1968 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Alan Rafkin
Cast Doug McClure · Nancy Kwan · James Whitmore · David Hartman
Synopsis This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village, which if discovered missing would threaten Japanese/American relations. Doc Willoughby is the ship's petty officer, whose...
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Walk Like a Dragon
1960 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction James Clavell
Cast Jack Lord · Nobu McCarthy · James Shigeta · Mel Torme
Synopsis California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases the Chinese Kim Sung from the auction with the intent of setting her free. But it...
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