Dale Ishimoto
Acting • Born 1923-04-03 – Died 2004-03-04
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"
Filmography
48 credits
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Ninja
Movie • 1997
Old Japanese Man
Dangerous Company
Movie • 1982
Mr. Hikaru
Ninja III: The Domination
Movie • 1984
Okuda
Beach Red
Movie • 1967
Capt. Tanaka
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Movie • 1994
Mr. Ing
Sharks' Treasure
Movie • 1975
Ishi
Mad Bull
Movie • 1977
Smitty
When the North Wind Blows
Movie • 1974
Yermak
Run Silent, Run Deep
Movie • 1958
Japanese sailor (uncredited)
Cocoon
Movie • 1968
Arcturus Construction Guard
The Nun and the Sergeant
Movie • 1962
Pak
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Movie • 1960
Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
Moro Witch Doctor
Movie • 1964
Manuel Romblon
Enter the Ninja
Movie • 1981
Komori
King Rat
Movie • 1965
Yoshima
The Games
Movie • 1970
Japanese Doctor
Midway
Movie • 1976
Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Cannonball Run II
Movie • 1984
Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
Come See the Paradise
Movie • 1990
Mr. Ogata
M*A*S*H
Movie • 1970
Korean Doctor (uncredited)
Inconceivable
Movie • 1998
Mr. Akiyama
Operation Bottleneck
Movie • 1961
Matsu
The Great Impostor
Movie • 1960
Korean Soldier (uncredited)
PT 109
Movie • 1963
Commander (uncredited)
The Sweet and the Bitter
Movie • 1967
Family Affair
TV • 1966
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Chinese Sergeant
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Stockwell's contact
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Man #1
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
TV • 1986
The Bill Cosby Show
TV • 1969
Mr. Shimura
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Lao
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Saburi
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Sergeant Yamazaki
Sea Hunt
TV • 1958
Philip Marlowe
TV • 1959
The Beachcomber
TV • 1962
Nakamira
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
McHale's Navy
TV • 1962
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Taro Yamamoto
Panic!
TV • 1957
Baa Baa Black Sheep
TV • 1976
Japanese Mechanic
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Dr. Matsu
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Mr. Yu