Dale Ishimoto
Acting
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"
Born: April 3, 1923
Place of Birth: Delta County, Colorado, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Mr. Akiyama
as Old Japanese Man
as Mr. Ogata
as Okuda
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
as Stockwell's contact
as Mr. Hikaru
as Komori
as Smitty
as Japanese Mechanic
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
as Ishi
as Yermak
as Chinese Sergeant
as Man #1
as Japanese Doctor
as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
as Mr. Shimura
as Arcturus Construction Guard
as Arcturus construction guard
as Capt. Tanaka
as Saburi
as Yoshima
as Manuel Romblon
as Dr. Matsu
as Mr. Yu
as Commander (uncredited)
as Pak
as Matsu
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
as Sergeant Yamazaki
as Taro Yamamoto
as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
as Lao