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Trained under operatic tenor Charles K.L. Davis, he won several high-profile singing competitions before embarking on a career singing in nightclubs across the U.S. By happenstance, he wound up in Japan during a U.S.O. tour, and ended up working in Toho Studios theatrical division, where he became a popular singer and entertainer nicknamed "The Frank Sinatra of Japan". He eventually moved back to the U.S. after touring with Toho, where he made his screen debut in Creator/SamuelFuller's ''The Crimson Kimono'', a FilmNoir that dealt with the taboo subject matters of racism and inter-racial relationships.
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Trained under operatic tenor Charles K.L. Davis, he won several high-profile singing competitions before embarking on a career singing in nightclubs across the U.S. By happenstance, he wound up in Japan during a U.S.O. tour, and ended up working in Toho Studios theatrical division, where he became a popular singer and entertainer nicknamed "The Frank Sinatra Music/FrankSinatra of Japan". He eventually moved back to the U.S. after touring with Toho, where he made his screen debut in Creator/SamuelFuller's ''The Crimson Kimono'', a FilmNoir that dealt with the taboo subject matters of racism and inter-racial relationships.
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Shigeta became known as a rare Asian-American romantic leading man, playing such roles in ''Film/BridgeToTheSun'' and ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' at a time when such roles were largely reserved for Caucasian actors. He continued acting well into the 2000s, becoming a reliable character actor appearing in the likes of ''Film/TheYakuza'', ''Film/DieHard'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and Creator/TakeshiKitano's ''Film/{{Brother}}''.
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Shigeta became known as a rare Asian-American romantic leading man, playing such roles in ''Film/BridgeToTheSun'' and ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' at a time when such roles were largely reserved for Caucasian actors. He continued acting well into the 2000s, becoming a reliable character actor appearing in the likes of ''Film/TheYakuza'', ''Film/DieHard'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and Creator/TakeshiKitano's ''Film/{{Brother}}''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He signed a film contract with Toho Studios while living in Japan, with the intent of appearing in a movie, but it never came to fruition and he wouldn't appear in Japanese-produced film until 1974.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Shigeta opposite Carroll Baker in ''Film/BridgeToTheSun'']]
James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was a American actor and singer of Japanese descent.
Trained under operatic tenor Charles K.L. Davis, he won several high-profile singing competitions before embarking on a career singing in nightclubs across the U.S. By happenstance, he wound up in Japan during a U.S.O. tour, and ended up working in Toho Studios theatrical division, where he became a popular singer and entertainer nicknamed "The Frank Sinatra of Japan". He eventually moved back to the U.S. after touring with Toho, where he made his screen debut in Creator/SamuelFuller's ''The Crimson Kimono'', a FilmNoir that dealt with the taboo subject matters of racism and inter-racial relationships.
Shigeta became known as a rare Asian-American romantic leading man, playing such roles in ''Film/BridgeToTheSun'' and ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' at a time when such roles were largely reserved for Caucasian actors. He continued acting well into the 2000s, becoming a reliable character actor appearing in the likes of ''Film/TheYakuza'', ''Film/DieHard'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and Creator/TakeshiKitano's ''Film/{{Brother}}''.
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!!His films include:
* 1959 ''The Crimson Kimono'' as Det. Joe Kojaku
* 1961 ''Film/BridgeToTheSun'' as Hidenari "Terry" Terasaki
* 1961 ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' as Wang Ta
* 1973 ''Film/LostHorizon'' as To-Lenn
* 1974 ''Film/TheYakuza'' as Goro
* 1976 ''[[Film/Midway1976 Midway]]'' as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
* 1988 ''Film/DieHard'' as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
* 1998 ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' as General Li
* 2000 ''Film/{{Brother}}'' as Sugimoto
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!!Tropes:
* BilingualBonus: He picked up Japanese after living in the country for several years to advance his singing career, and would often pop out Japanese dialogue in his films, notably in ''Film/TheYakuza''.
* FakeNationality: He played his fair share of Chinese characters, like Wang Ta in ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Shigeta opposite Carroll Baker in ''Film/BridgeToTheSun'']]
James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was a American actor and singer of Japanese descent.
Trained under operatic tenor Charles K.L. Davis, he won several high-profile singing competitions before embarking on a career singing in nightclubs across the U.S. By happenstance, he wound up in Japan during a U.S.O. tour, and ended up working in Toho Studios theatrical division, where he became a popular singer and entertainer nicknamed "The Frank Sinatra of Japan". He eventually moved back to the U.S. after touring with Toho, where he made his screen debut in Creator/SamuelFuller's ''The Crimson Kimono'', a FilmNoir that dealt with the taboo subject matters of racism and inter-racial relationships.
Shigeta became known as a rare Asian-American romantic leading man, playing such roles in ''Film/BridgeToTheSun'' and ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' at a time when such roles were largely reserved for Caucasian actors. He continued acting well into the 2000s, becoming a reliable character actor appearing in the likes of ''Film/TheYakuza'', ''Film/DieHard'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and Creator/TakeshiKitano's ''Film/{{Brother}}''.
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!!His films include:
* 1959 ''The Crimson Kimono'' as Det. Joe Kojaku
* 1961 ''Film/BridgeToTheSun'' as Hidenari "Terry" Terasaki
* 1961 ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong'' as Wang Ta
* 1973 ''Film/LostHorizon'' as To-Lenn
* 1974 ''Film/TheYakuza'' as Goro
* 1976 ''[[Film/Midway1976 Midway]]'' as Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
* 1988 ''Film/DieHard'' as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
* 1998 ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' as General Li
* 2000 ''Film/{{Brother}}'' as Sugimoto
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!!Tropes:
* BilingualBonus: He picked up Japanese after living in the country for several years to advance his singing career, and would often pop out Japanese dialogue in his films, notably in ''Film/TheYakuza''.
* FakeNationality: He played his fair share of Chinese characters, like Wang Ta in ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong''.
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