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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"
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1997
as Old Japanese Man
1994
as Mr. Ing
1990
as Mr. Ogata
1986
1984
as Okuda
1984
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
1983
as Stockwell's contact
1982
as Mr. Hikaru
1981
as Komori
1977
as Smitty
1976
1976
as Japanese Mechanic
1976
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
1975
as Ishi
1974
as Yermak
1972
1970
as Man #1
1970
as Japanese Doctor
1969
1969
as Mr. Shimura
1968
as Arcturus Construction Guard
1968
as Arcturus construction guard
1967
as Capt. Tanaka
1966
as Saburi
1966
1965
as Yoshima
1964
as Manuel Romblon
1962
1962
as Nakamira
1962
as Pak
1960
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
1959
1959
1959
as Sergeant Yamazaki
1958
as Taro Yamamoto
1958
as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
1958
1957
as Lao
1957
1957