- Films
- 17
- Avg rating
- 6.81
- Peak run
- 1974’98
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
6.81
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.95
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.88
rating spread
Career
54y
1959 to 2012
Total votes
1.48M
across every film
Best
8.2
Die Hard
Worst
6.6
Drive
Newest first
Filmography
| 2012 | The People I've Slept With | Charles Yang | · | 875 |
| 2000 |  Brother | Sugimoto | 7.1 | 26,152 |
| 1998 |  Mulan | · | 7.7 | 352K |
| 1997 |  Drive | Mr. Lau | 6.6 | 7,680 |
| 1995 | Midnight Man | Mao Mak | · | 496 |
| 1994 | Cage II | Tin Lum Yin | · | 414 |
| 1990 | China Cry: A True Story | Dr. Sung | · | 621 |
| 1989 | Cage | Tin Lum Yin | · | 799 |
| 1988 |  Die Hard | Takagi | 8.2 | 1.04M |
| 1976 |  Midway | · | 6.8 | 23,672 |
| 1974 |  The Yakuza | Goro Tanaka | 7.2 | 11,873 |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon | Brother To-Lenn | 5.3 | 3,146 |
| 1966 | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Danny Kohana | 5.5 | 2,724 |
| 1961 | Cry for Happy | Suzuki | · | 415 |
| 1961 | Flower Drum Song | Wang Ta | 6.9 | 4,149 |
| 1961 | Bridge to the Sun | Hidenari Terasaki | · | 998 |
| 1959 | The Crimson Kimono | Det. Joe Kojaku | 6.8 | 3,679 |
Better together?
James Shigeta's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Lang Elliott and James Shigeta movies
Takes
On James Shigeta
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