Acting
Dale Ishimoto
EN cinema · 28 credits
Born
3 April 1923
Died
4 March 2004 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Delta County, Colorado, USA
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
Filmography
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
Inconceivable
as Mr. Akiyama
Beverly Hills Ninja
as Old Japanese Man
Come See the Paradise
as Mr. Ogata
Cannonball Run II
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
Smorgasbord
as Japanese Mechanic
Dangerous Company
as Mr. Hikaru
Enter the Ninja
as Komori
Mad Bull
as Smitty
Midway
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Sharks' Treasure
as Ishi
The Games
as Japanese Doctor
M*A*S*H
as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
Cocoon
as Arcturus Construction Guard
Beach Red
as Capt. Tanaka
King Rat
as Yoshima
Moro Witch Doctor
as Manuel Romblon
PT 109
as Commander (uncredited)
Operation Bottleneck
as Matsu
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
The Great Impostor
as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
Run Silent, Run Deep
as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
The King and I
as Crewman (uncredited)