Dale Ishimoto
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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"
Acted in
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997
as Old Japanese Man
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994
as Mr. Ing
Come See the Paradise
1990
as Mr. Ogata
Rambo
1986
Ninja III: The Domination
1984
as Okuda
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
The A-Team
1983
as Stockwell's contact
Dangerous Company
1982
as Mr. Hikaru
Enter the Ninja
1981
as Komori
Mad Bull
1977
as Smitty
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Baa Baa Black Sheep
1976
as Japanese Mechanic
Midway
1976
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Sharks' Treasure
1975
as Ishi
When the North Wind Blows
1974
as Yermak
Kung Fu
1972
The Odd Couple
1970
as Man #1
The Games
1970
as Japanese Doctor
M*A*S*H
1970
as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
Love, American Style
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Mr. Shimura
Cocoon
1968
as Arcturus Construction Guard
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Arcturus construction guard
Beach Red
1967
as Capt. Tanaka
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Saburi
Family Affair
1966
King Rat
1965
as Yoshima
Moro Witch Doctor
1964
as Manuel Romblon
McHale's Navy
1962
The Beachcomber
1962
as Nakamira
The Nun and the Sergeant
1962
as Pak
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Philip Marlowe
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Sergeant Yamazaki
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Taro Yamamoto
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958
as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
Sea Hunt
1958
Perry Mason
1957
as Lao
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Panic!
1957