Dale Ishimoto

Dale Ishimoto

  • Birthday: 1923-04-03
  • Deathday: 2004-03-04
  • Place of birth: Delta County, Colorado, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dale Ishimoto (April 3, 1923 – March 4, 2004) was an American actor of Japanese descent. He was born in Delta, Colorado in 1923 and was raised in Guadalupe, California. After being sent to the Gila River internment camp in Arizona, Ishimoto volunteered to fight in World War II, joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. After two years, he was awarded a Purple Heart and given a medical discharge. After starting a business in Chicago, he moved back to California, where he grew up, and started his acting career by acting at the Altadena Playhouse. He became a "familiar figure" for playing "villainous Japanese soldiers". Over the course of his career, he acted in a wide variety of movies, such as a Japanese army captain in Beach Red (1967), a Korean doctor in MASH (1970), a karate instructor in Superchick (1973), and as Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya in Midway (1976). He became famous in the late 1990s for his appearances in television commercials for Nissan in which he portrayed Yutaka Katayama, the company's former president. He also appeared in one episode of Wanted:Dead or Alive"

Filmography

Beach Red

1967

As Capt. Tanaka

Moro Witch Doctor

1964

As Manuel Romblon

Beverly Hills Ninja

1997

As Old Japanese Man

Enter the Ninja

1981

As Komori

Dangerous Company

1982

As Mr. Hikaru

Sharks' Treasure

1975

As Ishi

Cocoon

1968

As Arcturus Construction Guard

Run Silent, Run Deep

1958

As Japanese sailor (uncredited)

Mad Bull

1977

As Smitty

King Rat

1965

As Yoshima

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960

As Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

Come See the Paradise

1990

As Mr. Ogata

The Games

1970

As Japanese Doctor

Midway

1976

As Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

As Self (archive footage)

Cannonball Run II

1984

As Japanese Businessman (uncredited)

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