Cast: James Shigeta

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Shigeta. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


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...

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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

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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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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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

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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...

Not rated

Not rated

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.

Not rated

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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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated