James Saito

Something of an old standby -- a stalwart -- whenever Hollywood needed to call on an Asian-American character actor during the '70s, '80s, '90s, and 2000s, James Saito made countless guest appearances on such blockbuster programs as M*A*S*H, The Fall Guy, and The A-Team, often without even so much as a character name. (The M*A*S*H appearances list him only as "South Korean" or "Korean Soldier.") From the early '80s onward, Saito's resumé started to incorporate a number of feature films; per the experiences of most character players, these pictures varied substantially in quality -- from the depths of Hot Dog... The Movie! (1983) to the heights of Buckaroo Banzai (1984) and Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). In 2007, Saito landed one of his first regular series roles, as Dr. Chen on the spiritual drama Eli Stone.

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Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
90%	Always Be My Maybe	Actor	—	2019
No Score Yet	Casi imposible	Minister Kishido	—	2019
15%	The Sea of Trees	Dr. Takahashi	$20.6K	2016
72%	Big Eyes	Judge	$8.1M	2014
No Score Yet	From The Rough	Won-Sik	—	2014
74%	Too Big to Fail	Chinese Official	—	2011
No Score Yet	Warriors	Actor	—	2008
19%	I Think I Love My Wife	Mr. Yumi	$12.5M	2007
74%	Robot Stories	Roy	—	2004
24%	Pearl Harbor	Japanese Aide No. 1	$197.8M	2001
70%	The Thomas Crown Affair	Paul	—	1999
89%	Henry Fool	Mr. Deng	—	1998
29%	Home Alone 3	Chinese Mob Boss	—	1997
67%	The Devil's Advocate	Takaori Osumi	—	1997
52%	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	Korean Proprietor	—	1995
60%	Wolf	Servant	—	1994
8%	The Hunted	Nemura	—	1994
No Score Yet	Silent Cries	Japanese Soldier	—	1993
No Score Yet	Mortal Sins (Dangerous Obsession)	Park Sung	—	1990
40%	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie	The Shredder	—	1990
No Score Yet	Hot Dog: The Movie	Actor	—	1984
69%	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai	Dr. Masado Banzai	—	1984
No Score Yet	Hot Dog...The Movie	Kendo	—	1984
No Score Yet	Death Ride to Osaka	Officer #1	—	1983
89%	The Idolmaker	Actor	—	1980
No Score Yet	Enola Gay	Lt. Tatsuo Yamato	—	1980

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
75%	Modern Love 2019		2019
55%	Prodigal Son 2019	Dr. Higa	2019
87%	Marvel's Cloak & Dagger 2018	Dr. Bernard Sanjo	2019 2018
96%	Elementary 2012	Dr. Ken Fukata	2018
54%	Instinct 2018	Akiro Sato	2018
No Score Yet	Madam Secretary 2014	Japanese Foreign Minister Shimbakura	2014
No Score Yet	Hawaii Five-0 2010	David Toriyama	2013
92%	Person Of Interest 2011	Glen	2012 2011
No Score Yet	Blue Bloods 2010	Dennis Eng	2011 2010
84%	The Unit 2006-2009	Chu	2009
60%	Eli Stone 2008-2009	Dr. Chen	2009 2008
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Mr. Tanaka Yoshi Yopshimura	2000 1994
77%	Star Trek: Voyager 1995-2001	Japanese Soldier	1995
No Score Yet	Miami Vice 1984-1990	Ma Sek	1988
No Score Yet	The A-Team 1983-1987	Kwai Li	1986
No Score Yet	The Waltons 1972-1981	Sergeant	1981
No Score Yet	MAS*H 1972-1983	South Korean Korean Soldier Park	1981 1978 1977
68%	Altered Carbon 2018	Tanaseda Hideki

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