Dale Ishimoto
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-04-03
Day of Death
2004-03-04 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Delta County, Colorado, USA
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
Acting
(2000)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Inconceivable
as Mr. Akiyama
(1997)
Beverly Hills Ninja
as Old Japanese Man
(1994)
(1990)
Come See the Paradise
as Mr. Ogata
(1984)
Cannonball Run II
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
(1984)
Ninja III: The Domination
as Okuda
(1982)
Dangerous Company
as Mr. Hikaru
(1981)
Enter the Ninja
as Komori
(1977)
Mad Bull
as Smitty
(1976)
Midway
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
(1975)
Sharks' Treasure
as Ishi
(1974)
When the North Wind Blows
as Yermak
(1970)
M*A*S*H
as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
(1970)
The Games
as Japanese Doctor
(1968)
Cocoon
as Arcturus Construction Guard
(1967)
Beach Red
as Capt. Tanaka
(1965)
King Rat
as Yoshima
(1964)
Moro Witch Doctor
as Manuel Romblon
(1962)
The Nun and the Sergeant
as Pak
(1961)
Operation Bottleneck
as Matsu
(1960)
The Great Impostor
as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
(1960)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
(1958)
Run Silent, Run Deep
as Japanese sailor (uncredited)