Dale Ishimoto

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"

Known For

Self (archive footage)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Old Japanese Man

Beverly Hills Ninja

Mr. Hikaru

Dangerous Company

Okuda

Ninja III: The Domination

Capt. Tanaka

Beach Red

Mr. Ing

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

Ishi

Sharks' Treasure

Smitty

Mad Bull

Yermak

When the North Wind Blows

Japanese sailor (uncredited)

Run Silent, Run Deep

Arcturus Construction Guard

Cocoon

Pak

The Nun and the Sergeant

Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Manuel Romblon

Moro Witch Doctor

Komori

Enter the Ninja

Yoshima

King Rat

Japanese Doctor

The Games

Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya

Midway

Japanese Businessman (uncredited)

Cannonball Run II

Mr. Ogata

Come See the Paradise

Korean Doctor (uncredited)

M*A*S*H

Mr. Akiyama

Inconceivable

Matsu

Operation Bottleneck

Korean Soldier (uncredited)

The Great Impostor

Commander (uncredited)

PT 109

The Sweet and the Bitter