James Shigeta Movies

Flower Drum Song

70/100

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.

The Crimson Kimono

69/100

Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

56/100

Rick Richards is a helicopter pilot who wants to set up a charter flying service in Hawaii -- along the way he makes some friends, including a young Hawaiian girl and her father, romances Judy Hudson, and sings a few songs.

Die Brücke zur Sonne

72/100

Based on a true story, this compelling drama relates the difficulties of a young woman married to a Japanese diplomat during World War II, victim of suspicion and animosity from her husband's government.

China Cry: A True Story

70/100

Drama set in the 1950s, based on a true story, about a young girl, Sung Neng Yee, who is brought as part of a wealthy Chinese family. She is eager to become part of Mao Tze Tung's "new ... See full summary »

Cry for Happy

62/100

U.S. Navy photographic team uses Tokyo geisha house as its home.

Walk Like a Dragon

67/100

California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases the Chinese Kim Sung from the ... See full summary »

Drei Pistolen gegen Cesare

62/100

A gunman teams up with his long-lost brothers--a French hypnotist and a Japanese kung-fu expert--to fight a villain who is obsessed with Roman emperor Julius Caesar, to the point of having ... See full summary »

Samurai

70/100

Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles a crazed multi-millionaire who is planning to destroy the city with an earthquake machine.

American Tank Force

56/100

As Allied Forces are closing the curtains on Japanese Army in Manila, Japanese soldiers begin attacking even innocent civilians.

Escape to Mindanao

46/100

New Year Jazz Parade