Best James Shigeta movies

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Best James Shigeta movies
We present our ranking of the best James Shigeta movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about James Shigeta.

TOP 10:

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Paradise, Hawaiian Style
James Shigeta as: Danny Kohana
Genre: Music, Comedy, Romance
Release: 1966
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 but it becomes clear that romance and flying don't always mix.

TOP 9:

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon
James Shigeta as: Brother To-Lenn
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Release: 1973
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Olivia Hussey movies?


TOP 8:

Drive

Drive
James Shigeta as: Mr. Lau
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Comedy
Release: 1997
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.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Corey Haim movies?

TOP 7:

Flower Drum Song

Flower Drum Song
James Shigeta as: Wang Ta
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Release: 1961
A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best George Chakiris movies?

TOP 6:

Midway

Midway
James Shigeta as: Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Release: 1976
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Clyde Kusatsu movies?


TOP 5:

The Crimson Kimono

The Crimson Kimono
James Shigeta as: Detective Joe Kojaku
Genre: Romance, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Release: 1959
A Los Angeles detective and his Japanese partner woo an artist while solving a stripper's murder.

TOP 4:

The Yakuza

The Yakuza
James Shigeta as: Goro
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 1974
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.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Richard Jordan movies?

TOP 3:

Brother

Brother
James Shigeta as: Sugimoto
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2000
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.


TOP 2:

Die Hard

Die Hard
James Shigeta as: Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
Genre: Action, Thriller
Release: 1988
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

TOP 1:

Mulan

Mulan
James Shigeta as: General Li (voice)
Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure
Release: 1998
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.


If you like the best James Shigeta movies, then you will also like the best Olivia Hussey movies, where many of their films coincide.