Dale Ishimoto
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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"
Known for
Credits
Midway (1976)
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
M*A*S*H (1970)
as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
Cannonball Run II (1984)
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
The King and I (1956)
as Crewman (uncredited)
Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
as Old Japanese Man
Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
as Okuda
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
PT 109 (1963)
as Commander (uncredited)
King Rat (1965)
as Yoshima
Beach Red (1967)
as Capt. Tanaka
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
The Great Impostor (1960)
as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
Sharks' Treasure (1975)
as Ishi
Dangerous Company (1982)
as Mr. Hikaru
Smorgasbord (1983)
as Japanese Mechanic
Mad Bull (1977)
as Smitty
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (1994)
as Mr. Ing
Cocoon (1968)
as Arcturus Construction Guard
Inconceivable (1998)
as Mr. Akiyama
Enter the Ninja (1981)
as Komori
Operation Bottleneck (1961)
as Matsu
When the North Wind Blows (1974)
as Yermak
The Sweet and the Bitter (1967)
Actor
The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)
as Pak
Moro Witch Doctor (1964)
as Manuel Romblon