tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post8008647638592400630..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: façade: James Shigeta, matinee idoljoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-28422865463819761082014-08-01T12:41:28.721-04:002014-08-01T12:41:28.721-04:00TERRIFIC!!!!!!!!TERRIFIC!!!!!!!!m.h.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-20931033069092872042014-04-08T22:46:16.303-04:002014-04-08T22:46:16.303-04:00EUOK you answered my question saying that Mr. Shig...EUOK you answered my question saying that Mr. Shigeta does not like to talk about personal matters such as marriage. One more try. Since u do not have to be married to have children, does he by any chance have any children. I think it would be such a shame for him to not have children to leave a legacy too.Arlene Rogersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-28934182552959612832013-08-27T22:30:22.992-04:002013-08-27T22:30:22.992-04:00Love the piece on James Shigeta. He's one of m...Love the piece on James Shigeta. He's one of my favorite actors. Loved him in "Bridge to the Sun" and "Flower Drum Song". Can't understand why Hollywood didn't use him more - he was talented, charismatic, and gorgeous. -a fanNormanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-54596431348617933422013-08-27T22:20:32.534-04:002013-08-27T22:20:32.534-04:00
I think he was a classmate of my husband in high ...<br />I think he was a classmate of my husband in high school in Hawaii. <br />a.n.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-28567913718849976122011-06-10T10:39:52.659-04:002011-06-10T10:39:52.659-04:00The actress whom both James Shigeta and Jack Lord ...The actress whom both James Shigeta and Jack Lord were in love with in the movie "Walk Like A Dragon" was France Nuyen.Joseph Limnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-60508816099913110762010-10-08T00:57:35.235-04:002010-10-08T00:57:35.235-04:00I have been wanting to watch Bridge to the Sun as ...I have been wanting to watch Bridge to the Sun as well too. I have searched everywhere. If anyone knows how i can watch it, please let me know.Annie Shimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832885412063122051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-63532688221998097302009-05-03T06:59:00.000-04:002009-05-03T06:59:00.000-04:00Anybody see the old OUTER LIMITS episodes? There i...Anybody see the old OUTER LIMITS episodes? There is one, about a group of American astronauts who are held hostage by some alien race, and torture them in "modern" ways. Incidentally, a young Marty Sheen is among the cast of players. Anyway, after being subjected to some dreadful procedure, James Shigeta's character comes back, recites a very touching haiku poem, and then collapses. What I loved about him as an actor is that he never allowed himself to embrace a stereotype. Even the haiku scene, which was right for the character, was delivered with quiet, deep emotion, and was quite moving.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14787158778472194224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-51816060526501781202009-05-01T14:06:00.000-04:002009-05-01T14:06:00.000-04:00I enjoyed reading the piece on Shegeta!
I've been...I enjoyed reading the piece on Shegeta!<br /><br />I've been looking everywhere for a copy of the movie "A Bridge to the Sun". Any idea where I might find a copy? Thanks in advance.<br /><br /><br />JWSJohn Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314127297553803783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-80935264759309733922008-06-21T19:12:00.000-04:002008-06-21T19:12:00.000-04:00Thanks for this insightful piece! There are so man...Thanks for this insightful piece! There are so many fine Asian films (I know many of the silent ones, having scored them for live performance or DVD) and there is such superb acting, much of it pretty unknown to Western audiences...I am thinking particularly of Ruan Ling Yu's performances in THE GODDESS and LOVE AND DUTY, as well as THE PEACH GIRL.<BR/><BR/>All best<BR/>DonaldDonald Sosinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443138109110642323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-70600763993406398342008-06-20T19:59:00.000-04:002008-06-20T19:59:00.000-04:00TCM also showed a documentary about Anna May Wong ...TCM also showed a documentary about Anna May Wong called "Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willow", which was directed by Elaine Mae Woo. It revealed one (very sad) irony of her career: she had retired from films (she had started to do television in the early 1950s, including a short-lived TV series of her own) but in 1960, she was asked by Ross Hunter to star in the film version of FLOWER DRUM SONG (she would have played the aunt). She agreed, but the movie couldn't go into production until the Broadway run and the national tour was finished. (This was a condition imposed by Rodgers and Hammerstein.) Also: some of the cast of the play (notably Miyoshi Umeki and Benson Fong) would also be in the movie. So while they were waiting, Hunter asked Wong if she would appear in a supprting part in his Lana Turner melodrama PORTRAIT IN BLACK. Wong agreed, but immediately after that, she became ill and was rushed to the hospital. She was diagnosed with cancer and died very shortly after, before production began on FLOWER DRUM SONG. (Her replacement was Juanita Hall, who had played Bloody Mary in the film of SOUTH PACIFIC.) <BR/><BR/>But the reason i bring this up is that the history of Asian performers in American movies was always very circumscribed. Anna May Wong had a very hard time finding roles: she was passed over for the roles in the big studio films about China (THE GOOD EARTH and DRAGON SEED), where MGM cast white actors in the roles. She starred in several B movies in the late 1930s (DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI, DANGEROUS TO KNOW) but then she did nightclubs and toured Europe in the late 1930s because she wasn't getting any other offers. <BR/><BR/>It's a long complicated story, but the studios always tried to show how liberal and open they were, but often it boiled down to a brief spate of films. That happened to Anna May Wong, that happened to James Shigeta, and (later) that happened to John Lone. But after that, when the material that was available dried up, there was no interest in developing new material for these performers. <BR/><BR/>But James Shigeta certainly was an example of an Asian-American leading man for that brief period in the late 1950s-early 1960s.Daryl Chinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371258313590183345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-84731803560290161282008-06-20T08:45:00.000-04:002008-06-20T08:45:00.000-04:00Great piece on Shigeta. Thank you. I never reali...Great piece on Shigeta. Thank you. I never realized to what extent his film career was aborted, but you're right. I went on IMDb and there's nothing but TV stints between "Flower Drum Song" and "Lost Horizon," both made for Ross Hunter incidentally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com