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Dale Ishimoto

Dale Ishimoto

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 03, 1923
Died Mar 04, 2004 (80)
Birthplace Delta County, Colorado, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 figh ... t 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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Beverly Hills Ninja

Beverly Hills Ninja

1997

as Old Japanese Man

Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

1990

as Mr. Ogata

Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II

1984

as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)

Dangerous Company

Dangerous Company

1982

as Mr. Hikaru

Enter the Ninja

Enter the Ninja

1981

as Komori

Mad Bull

Mad Bull

1977

as Smitty

Midway

Midway

1976

as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya

Sharks' Treasure

Sharks' Treasure

1975

as Ishi

When the North Wind Blows

When the North Wind Blows

1974

as Yermak

The Games

The Games

1970

as Japanese Doctor

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

1970

as Korean Doctor (uncredited)

Cocoon

Cocoon

1968

as Arcturus Construction Guard

Beach Red

Beach Red

1967

as Capt. Tanaka

King Rat

King Rat

1965

as Yoshima

Moro Witch Doctor

Moro Witch Doctor

1964

as Manuel Romblon

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960

as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

Run Silent, Run Deep

Run Silent, Run Deep

1958

as Japanese sailor (uncredited)

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