A handsome, romantic asian leading man with charisma!!! How come this is never shown on screen anymore?
@cozadsmith10 жыл бұрын
I had a huge crush on James Shigeta!!! A wonderful actor, a handsome man who had a sexy voice; a true leading man!!!
@paulaguenon16606 жыл бұрын
I did too.
@jungyew14 жыл бұрын
Wow, he was well ahead of his time. In fact, even in 21st century Hollywood, no one has been able to match Shigeta's diverse roles.
@goldielocks51311 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was about 10 years old my neighbor was a giant Elvis Presley fan and she took me to see PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE. I came away with my first movie crush, but it wasn't Elvis, it was James Shigeta and have always enjoyed watching so many things he has done over the years.
@margaritawelch1838 Жыл бұрын
He is not even what you would consider "my generation" of actors (although I did get to see him in Die Hard) but I noticed that he was a very classy act. And my mother knowing who he was piqued my interest. So it turns out he is one great actor. RIP.
@eriksexton76604 жыл бұрын
even his speaking voice is swoon worthy ! ! !
@virginia71915 жыл бұрын
Like so many others, I had the biggest crush on James Shigeta after seeing him in Flower Drum Song and it never went away! Such a handsome man and so much charm! I didn’t know he did a version of Lost Horizon. Got to find it! Thanks for such a great tribute to a talented and gifted performer!
@johnmcgrew71283 жыл бұрын
He was a great actor. Had the academy not been so blind, he would have won an academy award. He was that great an actor.
@erenyeagerist7681 Жыл бұрын
Oscar is bias especially against Japanese
@engitect3 жыл бұрын
James Shigeta's most hilarious dialogue, "Hey we're flexible. Pearl Harbor didn't work out so we got you with tape decks." I didn't like how his role ended in Die Hard though.
@McGeeification15 жыл бұрын
an amazing range of skills and talents shattering the myth of the Asian stereotypes. A fine addition to any film.
@cliveburrows60719 жыл бұрын
My name is sylvia. I fell in love with James as a young girl. I loved everything he did America has lost an icon I hope he had a great life. His face and voice I will never forget
@jcheng611 жыл бұрын
He has a beautiful voice. Wow. And that's only one of his excellent qualities.
@eriksexton76604 жыл бұрын
you're right . . . there's so many ! ! !
@teragramvz11 жыл бұрын
I had such a crush on James Shigeda when I was a teen-ager! What a dreamboat!
@KuyaAccordionista10 жыл бұрын
Most definitely one of our pioneer Asian American performers (actor and singer). Thank you for paving the way, Mr. Shigeta. May you Rest in Paradise, bruddah.
@silverakisame13 жыл бұрын
Asian men are so dreamy I wish there were more American movies with them in romantic roles. :)
@ironheart58303 жыл бұрын
Sadly it never happend for next 50 years after this movie ☹️
@donovan353511 жыл бұрын
I just watched Flower Drum Song on DVD and it is completely enchanting. Shigeta,Soo and Umeki were lovely. What a crime that we don't have their likes today!
@wildstar99917 жыл бұрын
Why can't more Asian American actors today play respectable roles like this man?
@lufsolitaire5351 Жыл бұрын
It’s cause a lot of them lack his assertive charisma, this innate confidence needed to be cast as leading man and not some dweeb or comic relief. There are a few like Henry Golding, John Cho, Steven Yeun, Brian Zhang who do break them mold and have been portrayed positively and as the main character.
@wildstar999 Жыл бұрын
@@lufsolitaire5351 well they apparently did and do exist.
@erenyeagerist7681 Жыл бұрын
@@lufsolitaire5351 but there are a lot of White cast as male leads in hollywood who are lame shit with terrible acting. The real reason is that hollywood doesn't want Asians to be cast as main leads. Hollywood is absolutely racist towards Asians periodt!
@EdwardHongActor10 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, good sir.
@DerAdventurer12 жыл бұрын
You've gotta love Shigeta's voice. It's so elegant and distinguished. Very gentleman's thing. I consider him underrated due to his potential in Hollywood. One great artist!
@tinadarwish6223 жыл бұрын
Please can we have more movies of him posted. He was a great actor ! And I love the way he sang.
@llk-f2b3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this tribute. He deserved much more recognition during his lifetime. He was a man of integrity that never gave in to degrading Asian roles. I was fortunate enough to witness his kindness and generosity towards others. Rest in peace Mr. Shigeta.
@Fred783113 жыл бұрын
James Shigeta a popular and proud actor who knows what acting is all about it. The reason is that I have be his loyal fan.
@christinegruenberg312010 жыл бұрын
What a good looking man he was and a great actor RIP
@lamfam08018 жыл бұрын
Beautiful singing voice.
@KauaiSis15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this!! I've loved James Shigeta since I was a young girl and watching this now makes me nostalgic.
@stevensstage32310 жыл бұрын
Shigeta's death should remind us all of the profound lack of opportunities for Asians in film and TV today. I can only think of HAWAII 5-0 and TWO BROKE GIRLS among the network shows. And where were the mainstream follow-up Asian-themed films AFTER "Flower Drum Song?"
@stupor_mundi13 жыл бұрын
I love handsome, intelligent, and so well-mannered Japanese men with that air of true masculinity coupled with charm. They are always so irresistable and exotic
@KauaiSis10 жыл бұрын
Growing up in Hawaii, I so admired James Shigeta. As a young man he was so handsome, talented, and classy. As he grew older, he was always so dignified and of course still so handsome, playing distinguished roles rather than merely stereotypical ones. Not to mention he won the "American Idol" of his day (Ted Mack's Amateur Hour).
@AuntMame16 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. He has always been magnificent.
@adelinewilhel10 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. to a talented actor.
@jsbach1516 жыл бұрын
This is done so exceptionally well! No wonder James Shigeta wanted acopy for himself (smile). Thanks for wonderful tribute and memories.
@Butterball12125212 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with him at first sight in "Flower Drum Song" .. I'd sell my soul for a video of him singing the entire "You Are Beautiful" song. Awesome actor! Thanks so much for this video yellowstarx4!
@stevepang70184 жыл бұрын
It was so hard to break the road a long time ago. Now it's taken as normal. We always have to be thankful to someone in the past who pioneered and excelled. And left a presence. The world is so much richer now because of all these.
@outinsider10 жыл бұрын
I hope this isn't an unfair assumption to make- but it seems James Shigeta was the Sidney Poitier for Asian Americans.
@melindawood36447 ай бұрын
Love this tribute. James Shigeta was such an awesome actor! I miss him! ❤😢
@bybybaby4917 жыл бұрын
Love him. Love all his movies.
@lafk5216 жыл бұрын
Thank you...for this lovely tribute. I am not Asian but I always appreciated how great James Shigeta was.
@test-ky8tu3 жыл бұрын
Damn y’all in the comments were ahead of the times hahah respect💪💪🙏
@laughingkuma9 жыл бұрын
Fantastic tribute, thanks for putting together
@doradedham9162 Жыл бұрын
Does James have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Actor, Singer, Television star- he certainly should have one.
@NinaDeSole11 жыл бұрын
Soooo romantic!!
@tuberme579010 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace James
@DiscountPotato18 жыл бұрын
Very Handsome!
@KevinValdez199910 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. James Shigeta.
@Udui1o113 жыл бұрын
James Shigeta is a Nisei from Hawaii. He is one of the early actors with an Asian background and have roots in Hawaii. Others Asians like Kelly Hu, Keanu Reeves, Tia Carrere, and others making a mark on the American cinema.
@lyndyfu112412 жыл бұрын
He is so handsome :)
@victoriaodegaard1 Жыл бұрын
A voice as deep and calming as Gregory Peck… and so handsome
@dargon108411 жыл бұрын
How did I just knew this awesome person!
@greenmachine56002 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@NorCalBrah91610 жыл бұрын
legend
@lisawilliams78364 жыл бұрын
Beautiful young and old 😊
@Butterball12125211 жыл бұрын
I don't know how I missed that, thank you so very much, I really appreciate it, Genevieve Autumn! I now have the mp3 and video versions downloaded and will treasure them!
@l154479reserve13 жыл бұрын
I have always loved James Shigeta!
@MrCranberrysnickers9 жыл бұрын
The godfather. R.I.P Mr. Shigeta.
@thepromocompany17 жыл бұрын
very interesting. we need to bring this back.
@TsunamiSkweek15 жыл бұрын
thanks, very well done.
@EternalHennessy10 жыл бұрын
It is ironic, as people have mentioned here, that the roles Mr. Shigeta played (well) are far less regressive than say the stereotypical roles Ken Jeong plays today despite the intense bias & limitations of the past. I am surprised that no one here mentioned the wicked sexual innuendo of when they cut to a scene of Mr. Shigeta picking up a carrot (I think it is) with his chopsticks while talking to the woman in the scene at about .24 early in the reel. So sexual & phallic! Many older films were loaded with such suggestive scenes & dialogue that could be quite suggestive to say the least. I also loved them dancing in their room. Such elegant, swoonable moments are not to be anymore. RIP. P.S. Can someone please identify the film with the dancing in the room scene? Thanks.
@engitect3 жыл бұрын
It was a lipstick, not a carrot. Bridge to the Sun (1961) is a very beautiful movie that every James Shigeta fan should watch.
@miyoshiumeki14 жыл бұрын
This is so truly wonderful
@johnsdao391710 ай бұрын
Such a lovely man ❤🎉❤
@lisawilliams78365 жыл бұрын
Thank you very, very much.
@christinegruenberg312010 жыл бұрын
A couple of other great Asian actors are Robert Ito who played Sam on Quincy(I know he was born in Canada) and Sessue Hayakawa. He had a thick accent, but I liked it.
@detectivefiction37015 жыл бұрын
Yes, Robert Ito was very talented and handsome. Tbh, I'd never heard of James Shigeta before today (I was born in 1977).
@eunicemuir795710 жыл бұрын
James Shigeta is an American born actor of Japanese ancestry.
@DanRobSo16 жыл бұрын
A film producer once told James Shigeta "if you were white, I could make you a star". That simply how the Hollywood machine was, and in some ways still is.
@TsunamiSkweek15 жыл бұрын
Look up Sessue Hayakawa. regarded as hollywood's first romantic leading man.
@marthacantrell69539 жыл бұрын
I loved "Bridge to the Sun", and it being a true story, I always feel a little sad when I read the book or see the movie, especially at the end. I have to say, I never thought of that scene as being sexual, she only dropped her lipstick!
@nenabunena13 жыл бұрын
@MisterCool He was so handsome, sexy & brooding charming in Bridge to the Sun! He looks better with his hair slicked back & not parted.
@cynthiahawkins238910 жыл бұрын
About that 'phallic carrot' scene in Bridge to the Sun..yes..I wonder if in fact the director was saying in an innuendo-ed, left handed way that Asian men ARE sexual, and also attracted to Caucasian women. In this case, Carroll Baker who will be the wife of the character (Terasaki) in the film.
@bmw128racer10 жыл бұрын
RIP.
@SeptemberAdam6 ай бұрын
This guy is like Japan's answer for a Tony Kurtis or something next to it, like a Cary Grant.
@sasfunc617010 жыл бұрын
Nice. Thank You!
@szewei8514 жыл бұрын
love this dude in die hard...he should get more lead roles some day haha
@MRCAB15 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Is there anyway for you to upload a higher quality version of this?
@idontcareproductions18 жыл бұрын
James is "shigettin'" it!
@arnyjk14 жыл бұрын
Had he been white, he would have been another Rock Hudson or Burt Lancaster. Very talented and charismatic.
@sublimityeternal17 жыл бұрын
he was hot.
@GenevieveAutumn11 жыл бұрын
its on youtube, just search his name and the song, I can't post the link but its HD quality and sounds so good! :)
@easternsmile16 жыл бұрын
Wow...I never thought the Hollywood really casted Asian man in romantic movies. Back then, it was almost taboo.
@aaartnaz16 жыл бұрын
very brando like, i like it, handsome too
@mrtechnique14 жыл бұрын
I'm looking to change the way Asian-American men are portrayed in Hollywood.
@mistercool385914 жыл бұрын
@diddymuck You can add Rick Yune to your list. There are exceptions but how often do you see these exceptions in American films?
I love the cut to the chopsticks, hahah. nowadays though Asian American actors just go to Asia.
@markko1714 жыл бұрын
@ 5:20 they're walking west on San Pedro St. in Little Tokyo, about the only thing still the same is the steeple of the Catholic church way in the background.
@diddymuck14 жыл бұрын
@renoplayer2351 Toshiro Mifune in Red Sun? Cow Yun Fat in Anna and the King?
@pitherra14 жыл бұрын
Like the part he was going to translate to that white sailor.
@waikitjim56686 күн бұрын
So many kiss scenes
@yeyoungshim14 жыл бұрын
i want to watch bridge to the sun except its nowhere to be found!! :(
@engitect3 жыл бұрын
Damn! I can't believe this was true even 10 years ago. Today, it is available on Amazon Prime in some countries and on a DVD if you're lucky.
@LeSimpleton14 жыл бұрын
Yummy!!!!!!
@mrtechnique14 жыл бұрын
@Ascentist Through MMA and maybe some stand-up comedy. We don't have to walk around with our heads down and feel inferior.