- Films
- 15
- Avg rating
- 6.70
- Peak run
- 1973’00
- 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
6.70
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.84
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.94
rating spread
Career
54y
1959 to 2012
Total votes
1.11M
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 | 26,150 |
| 1997 | Drive | Mr. Lau | 6.6 | 7,676 |
| 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 |
| 1974 |  The Yakuza | Goro Tanaka | 7.2 | 11,867 |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon | Brother To-Lenn | 5.3 | 3,142 |
| 1966 | Paradise, Hawaiian Style | Danny Kohana | 5.5 | 2,724 |
| 1961 | Bridge to the Sun | Hidenari Terasaki | · | 998 |
| 1961 | Cry for Happy | Suzuki | · | 415 |
| 1961 | Flower Drum Song | Wang Ta | 6.9 | 4,148 |
| 1959 | The Crimson Kimono | Det. Joe Kojaku | 6.8 | 3,675 |
Takes
On James Shigeta
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.