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person_profile-Dale Ishimoto

Dale Ishimoto Died at age: 80

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Dale Ishimoto

Date of Birth:

Apr 03, 1923

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 04, 2004

Biography of

Dale Ishimoto

    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"

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Filmography of

Dale Ishimoto

Found 21 Movies in total

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

Beverly Hills Ninja

Old Japanese Man ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1994

Come See the Paradise

Mr. Ogata ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1984

Cannonball Run II

Japanese Businessman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1984

Dangerous Company

Mr. Hikaru ( Actor )

... 1982

Enter the Ninja

Komori ( Actor )

... 1981

Mad Bull

Smitty ( Actor )

... 1977

Midway

Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya ( Actor )

... 1976

Sharks' Treasure

Ishi ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1974

The Games

Japanese Doctor ( Actor )

... 1970

M*A*S*H

Korean Doctor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1970

Cocoon

Arcturus Construction Guard ( Actor )

... 1968

Beach Red

Capt. Tanaka ( Actor )

... 1967

King Rat

Yoshima ( Actor )

... 1965

Moro Witch Doctor

Manuel Romblon ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1962

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Japanese Pilot (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

Run Silent, Run Deep

Japanese sailor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1958