in some ways, liberals are worse than conservatives actually. You notice during 1940s and 1950s when these movies were made, you can imagine a lot of racist people. But now look at America today. You think it would improve by letting liberals take in charge, right? My ASS!
Holy shit have things gone downhill. Hollywood these days is run by a bunch of creepy, insecure racists for consumption by a bunch of creepy, insecure, racist American consumers. Heck these people would rather sex up and glamorize some creepy serial killer white dude than ever give an Asian man even the slightest positive light, and they do. Again and again and again. It's only gonna get worse, folks. Let the USA sink and leave them to their sick ritualized hatred/disdain of the East.
@jczg08alt Go fuck yourself Jew. Replace everything you said with Jew and you'd be right. Whites don't control hollywood, or for that matter the US. Jews do. You dumb misinformed shit.
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 <3 Much like Ken Watanabe, only in a vintage style.
When I saw The Crimson Kimono I just knew the girl couldn't help but falling in love with Shigeta's character. I'd fall in love with him too heheh (**p)
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.
@ 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.
seriously back then men were men... now almost everywhere you look, men are portrayed as weak and bumbling idiots. doesn't matter the race- lame white dorks, shy asian nerds, etc. Yeah, asian guys have it a bit tougher because there's not alot of positive role models in US media, so you guys got to just man up and then pay it forward. take some cues from James Shigeta. and be a man and be a role model to the next generation of guys, no excuses for whites or asians or blacks or whatever...
@hcmcsu It's just a phase. Our advertising and entertainment media spent a lot of time making women second-class, because men decided what movies to see and what stuff to buy. At least they thought they did! Now that it's more clear that women make most of the buying decisions in a relationship, the advertising and entertainment community is pandering to the egos of women, by portraying men as overgrown juveniles who would be helpless without a woman running their lives.
"I wouldn't worry about it. Outside their politics they're harmless little people."
THANK GOD FOR BRUCE LEE. Nothing would've made that scene better than Lee kicking the dogshit out of that racist prick. The old lady too "saw her with one of them", bullshit.
James Shigeta rocks and I hope all of the old-Hollywood racist pricks are burning warmly in hell.
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.
Hollywood seems to be way more progressive than the British film Industry. Britain is supposed to be "multicultural" like the States. But there is hardly an Asian or non-white actor playing non-stereotypical roles. They only get to play ethnically specific characters in the UK.
At lease u have actors like Lucy Liu, Will Smith & Benicio Del Toro in Hollywood playing roles that are not necessarily stereotypically ethnic. There seems to be more freedom for non-white actors there than in the UK.
James Shigeta first caught my eye when I was a kid and saw Paradise Hawaiian Style, and found I liked him better then Elvis. Ever since then when ever I saw something of his, either new or old on tv, I always liked and enjoyed him.
I was just watching Flower Drum Song and part of another one of his films the other day on tv. He is very talanted and good looking and I think everyone reconized that no matter his race.
I really enjoyed seeing this.
He has a great style, and the above post used the word elegance. I think that fits also.
This is HUGELY different from today. You almost never see a good looking Asian actor with a White female. Yes I do agree it is worst today in a lot of regards with portrayals of Asian men in Hollywood. Either you are a martial artist or you're some one extremely undesirable.
I KNOW! Can you just IMAGINE Tony Leung if Lust, Caution was a film with a White female? It would still be hot. Why? 'Cause it's TONY 'THE EYES' LEUNG!
Sadly, many never get the appeal until it hits them late. And despite the action, I was hit hard when House of Flying Daggers came out...Takeshi...yes please.
How ironic that those older films were actually more progressive than the stereotypical crap we have nowadays. Liberals my ass. Now I would like to find those old Shigeta films.
He is so handsome :)
lyndyfu1124 1 week ago
in some ways, liberals are worse than conservatives actually. You notice during 1940s and 1950s when these movies were made, you can imagine a lot of racist people. But now look at America today. You think it would improve by letting liberals take in charge, right? My ASS!
Vagina86523 2 weeks ago
He sounds whiter then Tom Hanks lol
TallandAsian89 4 months ago
I have always loved James Shigeta!
l154479reserve 5 months ago 3
Holy shit have things gone downhill. Hollywood these days is run by a bunch of creepy, insecure racists for consumption by a bunch of creepy, insecure, racist American consumers. Heck these people would rather sex up and glamorize some creepy serial killer white dude than ever give an Asian man even the slightest positive light, and they do. Again and again and again. It's only gonna get worse, folks. Let the USA sink and leave them to their sick ritualized hatred/disdain of the East.
jczg08alt 6 months ago 8
@jczg08alt Go fuck yourself Jew. Replace everything you said with Jew and you'd be right. Whites don't control hollywood, or for that matter the US. Jews do. You dumb misinformed shit.
baphomet58 5 months ago
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 <3 Much like Ken Watanabe, only in a vintage style.
When I saw The Crimson Kimono I just knew the girl couldn't help but falling in love with Shigeta's character. I'd fall in love with him too heheh (**p)
darthiris 6 months ago 5
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.
Udui1o1 8 months ago 2
Asian men are so dreamy I wish there were more American movies with them in romantic roles. :)
silverakisame 8 months ago 4
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Fred7831 9 months ago
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.
Fred7831 9 months ago 3
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mrtechnique 1 year ago
@ 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.
markko17 1 year ago
This is so truly wonderful
miyoshiumeki 1 year ago
He joins James Mason, Ronald Coleman, Michael York, and James Earl Jones as the best male speaking voices in Hollywood. Warm timbre; mellifluous.
ChaunceytheGardener 1 year ago 2
Chinese Cowboys
LordSuperCow 1 year ago
I'm looking to change the way Asian-American men are portrayed in Hollywood.
mrtechnique 1 year ago 2
@mrtechnique How?
Ascentist 1 year ago
@Ascentist Through MMA and maybe some stand-up comedy. We don't have to walk around with our heads down and feel inferior.
mrtechnique 1 year ago
i want to watch bridge to the sun except its nowhere to be found!! :(
yeyoungshim 1 year ago
Had he been white, he would have been another Rock Hudson or Burt Lancaster. Very talented and charismatic.
arnyjk 1 year ago
Yummy!!!!!!
LeSimpleton 1 year ago 2
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.
jungyew 1 year ago
seriously back then men were men... now almost everywhere you look, men are portrayed as weak and bumbling idiots. doesn't matter the race- lame white dorks, shy asian nerds, etc. Yeah, asian guys have it a bit tougher because there's not alot of positive role models in US media, so you guys got to just man up and then pay it forward. take some cues from James Shigeta. and be a man and be a role model to the next generation of guys, no excuses for whites or asians or blacks or whatever...
hcmcsu 1 year ago 8
@hcmcsu It's just a phase. Our advertising and entertainment media spent a lot of time making women second-class, because men decided what movies to see and what stuff to buy. At least they thought they did! Now that it's more clear that women make most of the buying decisions in a relationship, the advertising and entertainment community is pandering to the egos of women, by portraying men as overgrown juveniles who would be helpless without a woman running their lives.
robtrodes 1 year ago
He got his brains splattered on the wall on DIE HARD! Woooooo
DeadFishForBreakfast 1 year ago
i dont know who James Shigeta this is my first time seeing him but this guy is a pimp! sheesh
StriveProductions 1 year ago
Like the part he was going to translate to that white sailor.
pitherra 1 year ago
American's hatred for Asian, esp. the men war after war. We have gone backwards in American cinema.
Echostarwb 1 year ago 2
fuck yeah, that's my homie!
cyfkilla 1 year ago 3
Love the clip from Crimson Kimono. Awesome to see that he worked with Pat Morita and Elvis
awong76 1 year ago
James Shigeta is the MAN!!
Vinnietoofly 1 year ago 5
i love how 99% of these comments are positive!!! yay :)
just wondering, but how old are my fellow james shigeta fans?? im 17 :]
sweeetxfire 1 year ago 6
love this dude in die hard...he should get more lead roles some day haha
szewei85 2 years ago
This guy should be the next James Bond!
CO9207 2 years ago
FUCK YEAH JAMES SHIGETA
d0ug 2 years ago 5
Very cool! Is there anyway for you to upload a higher quality version of this?
MRCAB 2 years ago
an amazing range of skills and talents shattering the myth of the Asian stereotypes. A fine addition to any film.
McGeeification 2 years ago 3
great actor, been a fan most of my life, watching him right now on "The Outer Limits" he's a great actor and singer
billpeterson5150 2 years ago
Crap, I just rated this 3 stars because I clicked by accident. I meant 5.
ElGanador 2 years ago
thanks, very well done.
TsunamiSkweek 2 years ago 3
James Shigeta is pure class
goldielocks513 2 years ago 7
Thanks for posting this!! I've loved James Shigeta since I was a young girl and watching this now makes me nostalgic.
gentleradical 2 years ago 4
I love his voice. :)
miarrghh 2 years ago 6
Sigh.. If only there was a James Shigeta in today's movie industry. :(
miarrghh 2 years ago 16
I love the cut to the chopsticks, hahah.
nowadays though Asian American actors just go to Asia.
empyreanlc 3 years ago
I fell in love with James in Crimson Kimono. Can I fall in love with an old man?
SammySteele 3 years ago 4
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"I wouldn't worry about it. Outside their politics they're harmless little people."
THANK GOD FOR BRUCE LEE. Nothing would've made that scene better than Lee kicking the dogshit out of that racist prick. The old lady too "saw her with one of them", bullshit.
James Shigeta rocks and I hope all of the old-Hollywood racist pricks are burning warmly in hell.
WarriorBoy 3 years ago 4
hollywood pretty much owned by the jews
melechuzziel 3 years ago 4
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.
DanRobSo 3 years ago 9
Hollywood seems to be way more progressive than the British film Industry. Britain is supposed to be "multicultural" like the States. But there is hardly an Asian or non-white actor playing non-stereotypical roles. They only get to play ethnically specific characters in the UK.
At lease u have actors like Lucy Liu, Will Smith & Benicio Del Toro in Hollywood playing roles that are not necessarily stereotypically ethnic. There seems to be more freedom for non-white actors there than in the UK.
Rab1975bit 3 years ago 6
Thank you...for this lovely tribute. I am not Asian but I always appreciated how great James Shigeta was.
lafk52 3 years ago 8
thank-you so much yellowstarx4 mr shigeta is so handsome so classy so talented
marapasa 3 years ago 8
Hollywood is fucking racist! Fuck you bitch fucking gay hollywood!
WORLDClTlZEN 3 years ago 5
A handsome, romantic asian leading man with charisma!!! How come this is never shown on screen anymore?
MisterCool 3 years ago 52
look up sessue hayakawa.
TsunamiSkweek 2 years ago
@MisterCool Jackie Chan? Chow Yun Fat? Toshiro Mifune? Sessue Hayakawa?
diddymuck 1 year ago
@diddymuck
You can add Rick Yune to your list. There are exceptions but how often do you see these exceptions in American films?
MisterCool 1 year ago
@MisterCool He was so handsome, sexy & brooding charming in Bridge to the Sun! He looks better with his hair slicked back & not parted.
nenabunena 11 months ago
I'm a dude and I'd totally pipe. No homo.
BicolBandit 3 years ago
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jarodsu 3 years ago 3
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pusosl2 2 years ago
A lot of these racist studios today are run by Jews...how ironic. Hope that answers your question jarod
pusosl2 2 years ago 6
Nice classical movie! Thanks for sharing it here! ^_^ ~NH
Nusantaraku 3 years ago
James Shigeta is a great actor. I liked him in Lost Horizon and also Midway as Admiral Nagumo. Everything he does is great. He can sing too.
gifu1960 3 years ago 3
James Shigeta first caught my eye when I was a kid and saw Paradise Hawaiian Style, and found I liked him better then Elvis. Ever since then when ever I saw something of his, either new or old on tv, I always liked and enjoyed him.
goldielocks513 3 years ago 7
I was just watching Flower Drum Song and part of another one of his films the other day on tv. He is very talanted and good looking and I think everyone reconized that no matter his race.
I really enjoyed seeing this.
He has a great style, and the above post used the word elegance. I think that fits also.
goldielocks513 3 years ago 6
Wow...I never thought the Hollywood really casted Asian man in romantic movies. Back then, it was almost taboo.
easternsmile 3 years ago 9
Look up Sessue Hayakawa. regarded as hollywood's first romantic leading man.
TsunamiSkweek 2 years ago
loved it, thanks for posting!
RelishTheVegetarian 3 years ago 2
very brando like, i like it, handsome too
aaartnaz 4 years ago 3
Wonderful tribute...James Shigeta is a terrific actor....and he's sooo very handsome as well....has always been one of my faves!!!
nessie96 4 years ago 3
Thank you so much for this video. He has always been magnificent.
AuntMame 4 years ago 4
This is done so exceptionally well! No wonder James Shigeta wanted acopy for himself (smile). Thanks for wonderful tribute and memories.
jsbach15 4 years ago 4
His voice is AAAAAMMMMMMAAAAAZZZZIIIIINNNNGGGG. Something about classic actors. Doesn't matter the race, they were just...elegant.
Shigeta, Poitier, Peck...just...elegant.
HPgroupie 4 years ago 5
Love him. Love all his movies.
bybybaby49 4 years ago 4
James Shigeta has seen this and is deeply moved. He asked me to copy it for him. Thank you from James for posting this.
glenbassett 4 years ago 4
he was hot.
sublimityeternal 4 years ago 2
aw his voice was so deep and he was very cute :) 50 years ago, i would've watched all his movies and fallen in love with him
l7y2n2n 4 years ago 6
I'm pretty baffled with these images because it was so soon after WWII and Korea.
renoplayer2351 4 years ago
This is HUGELY different from today. You almost never see a good looking Asian actor with a White female. Yes I do agree it is worst today in a lot of regards with portrayals of Asian men in Hollywood. Either you are a martial artist or you're some one extremely undesirable.
renoplayer2351 4 years ago 30
I KNOW! Can you just IMAGINE Tony Leung if Lust, Caution was a film with a White female? It would still be hot. Why? 'Cause it's TONY 'THE EYES' LEUNG!
Sadly, many never get the appeal until it hits them late. And despite the action, I was hit hard when House of Flying Daggers came out...Takeshi...yes please.
HPgroupie 4 years ago 3
@renoplayer2351 Toshiro Mifune in Red Sun? Cow Yun Fat in Anna and the King?
diddymuck 1 year ago
A great underrated actor.
88Dan 4 years ago 3
Shigeta is ace. Yes ironic these films have much more progressive roles for asian men than Hollywood does 50 years later.
qualityctrl 4 years ago 10
thanks for posting this, Shigeta is great. I like "Bridge to the sun"
morningfrost20 4 years ago 4
Thanks for posting this. We forget what a great actor Shigeta is.
kenshifencer 4 years ago 4
very interesting. we need to bring this back.
thepromocompany 4 years ago 5
Why can't more Asian American actors today play respectable roles like this man?
Kankokujin84 4 years ago 6
He sounds a few tads too manly but it's still cool.
Corpropress 4 years ago
How ironic that those older films were actually more progressive than the stereotypical crap we have nowadays. Liberals my ass. Now I would like to find those old Shigeta films.
Beef9er 5 years ago 9
This comment has received too many negative votes show
the kissing parts made me LMAO. was he the default asian womanizer of the time? watch and learn John Cho!
Sausagedick 5 years ago
The honor of the Dragon men MUST BE RESTORED!!!!
deisus 5 years ago
He is a true inspiration and hero.
kaientai4 5 years ago 2
James is "shigettin'" it!
idontcareproductions 5 years ago 4
Very Handsome!
DiscountPotato 5 years ago 2
Bringing sexy back, I see.
I would totally May-December this man.
sampaguitablue 5 years ago 4
shigeta is the man!
ricerocket005 5 years ago 2