Known for Acting
James Tomio Saito (born March 6, 1955) is an American actor, best known for his physical portrayal of Shredder in the 1990 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; the character was voiced by David McCharen. Saito also appeared in films including The Devil's Advocate, Home Alone 3, Pearl Harbor, and Die Hard: With a Vengeance. His TV credits include MAS*H, MacGyver, Law & Order, and Sex and the City. Saito has appeared in numerous stage productions, with early career work at the Asian American theatre company East West Players in Los Angeles. On Broadway he has appeared in The King and I, and David Henry Hwang's Golden Child. He won an Obie Award in 2007 for his performance in Julia Cho's Durango at The Public Theater in New York City. He starred as Dr. Chen in the ABC drama Eli Stone.
Born
March 6, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
41 films, 56 shows


Breathe
2024 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Air-supply is scarce in the near future, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival when two strangers arrive desperate for an oxygenated haven.


Love Hard
2021 · 1h 45m
country: United States
An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her offers to set them up if she pretends to be his own girlfriend for the holidays.


The Christmas Bow
2020 · 1h 24m
country: United States
When an accident puts her music dreams on hold, a gifted violinist reconnects with an old family friend, who helps her heal and find love during the holidays.


Algorithm: BLISS
2020 · 1h 39m
country: Unknown
Vic Beckett, a brilliant researcher, creates the ultimate App that taps into the pleasure center of the brain and transmits a feeling of nirvana to the user.


Tigertail
2020 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.


Always Be My Maybe
2019 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction, but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.


Long Shot
2019 · 2h 5m
country: United States
Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.


Paterno
2018 · 1h 45m
country: United States
After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.


Wilson
2017 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug, and obsessed with his past.


The Sea of Trees
2016 · 1h 50m
country: United States
In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.


While We're Young
2015 · 1h 37m
country: United States
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.


Big Eyes
2014 · 1h 46m
country: United States
In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.


From the Rough
2013 · 1h 37m
country: Unknown
The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.


Life of Pi
2012 · 2h 7m
country: United States
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.


Too Big to Fail
2011 · 1h 37m
country: United States
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.


I Think I Love My Wife
2007 · 1h 34m
country: India
Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling random women on the street to the point that he takes lunch late to look at them. When old crush Nikki Tru visits his office to get a reference letter, she becomes obsessed with Cooper and they begin a complicated relationship.


Brother's Shadow
2006 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Jake Groden is the black sheep of his family. Ankle deep in fish guts, he serves out his parole in Alaska. Then, after a decade of self-imposed exile, he is forced to return to his Brooklyn family. He soon discovers that his perfect brother, Michael is dead, and he begins trying to take what Michael had- a beautiful wife, adoring son, control of the family furniture business and the love of their gruff father. For Jake, the price of a new life is his identity.


Love the Hard Way
2003 · 1h 44m
country: Germany
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity.


Robot Stories
2003 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son; "Machine Love," in which an office worker android learns that he, too, needs love; and "Clay," in which an old sculptor must choose between natural death and digital immortality.


Pearl Harbor
2001 · 3h 3m
country: United States
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.


The Atlantis Conspiracy
2001 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Lauren Marcus (Amanda Donohoe) reluctantly moves back to New York City and is forced to decide whether she wants to reconnect with the life she abruptly left behind. When a mystery stemming from a suicide draws her in, she and two friends, a young bookie and a cynical federal agent, seek to uncover the truth.


The Thomas Crown Affair
1999 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover as he’s fallen in love.


Henry Fool
1998 · 2h 17m
country: United States
An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.


Home Alone 3
1997 · 1h 42m
country: United States
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.


The Devil's Advocate
1997 · 2h 24m
country: Germany
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.


The Tomorrow Man
1996 · 2h
country: United States
A mysterious spacecraft has crash-landed somewhere in rural Oregon, immediately drawing the attention of relentless government agents. Meanwhile, computer expert Jonathan Driscoll is blindsided when his car hits a figure who seemingly appeared out of thin air — the synthetic being known only as Ken. Ken is a highly advanced android from the future, programmed with a critical, time-sensitive mission: to travel back and prevent the cataclysmic sabotage of the world's first inveterate rocket. This rocket is not merely a launch vehicle; it is the cornerstone of future deep space exploration and, by extension, the survival of the human race.


Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995 · 2h 8m
country: United States
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.


The Hunted
1995 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of danger and intrigue after he and his sexy companion are the targets of assassins hired by the ruthless Kinjo. To survive, Racine must join forces with a powerful samurai and together they will fight the force of evil in an awesome battle rooted in centuries of brutal conflict.


Silent Cries
1993 · 2h
country: Unknown
In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent civilians, particularly women and children. This is the story of a group of women who band together to face brutal treatment, harsh conditions, and ruthless captors to survive their internment.


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990 · 1h 33m
country: Hong Kong
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in Ninjutsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.


Mortal Sins
1989 · 1h 23m
country: Unknown
A PI hired to find a killer is led to a corrupt televangelist.


C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
1988 · 1h 33m
country: Unknown
The Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad investigates a spy who is supplying plutonium to the Sjambok, a racist South African paramilitary group that is working on a nuclear bomb. The American government, too, is investigating Sjambok, using the top-secret spy plane Python Wolf. When one of the members of the C.A.T. Squad is shot down over South Africa during another mission, his squad leader undertakes a rescue operation to bring his friend back home.


Covenant
1985 · 1h 12m
country: United States
A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group named The Judges bands together to try to stop them.


Hot Dog... The Movie
1984 · 1h 36m
country: United States
When a hopeful young American hot-dogger goes pole-to-pole with an arrogant Austrian pro, the snow really starts to fly! But as hot as it is on the mountain, it gets even hotter off when the pro's ex-girlfriend sets her eyes on the new blood. Who'll win the competition and the girl? Only a race to end all races can determine which skier can really cut the mustard!


Girls of the White Orchid
1983 · 1h 36m
country: United States
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work at the White Orchid nightclub, she discovers the scheme of prostitution in the club that belongs to Yakuza. Alone, without money and her passport, she is protected by Shiro, but pressed by the managers Madame Mori and her husband Hatanaka to be receptive to client's proposals.


The Renegades
1982 · 1h 35m
country: United States
In this drama, undercover investigators are recruited from the streets to prevent arms smugglers from getting their weapons to street gangs.


The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A former call-girl who has left the profession behind to pursue a college career is recruited by the police to turn one more trick in order to trap the person laundering syndicate money.


Beyond the Next Mountain
1981 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.


Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980 · 2h 36m
country: United States
The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.


The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980 · 3h 19m
country: United States
This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States subsequently withdrew, focuses on an American athlete whose dreams of winning the Decathlon are threatened by his romance with a pretty Russian gymnast.


Farewell to Manzanar
1976 · 2h
country: Unknown
Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World War II to detain some 100,000 Japanese Americans (most of them U.S. born) following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.