Dale Ishimoto
Born April 03, 1923 (Age: 103)
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Delta County, Colorado, USA
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"
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
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
Inconceivable
1998
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as Mr. Akiyama
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Age: 74
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997
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as Old Japanese Man
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Age: 73
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994
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as Mr. Ing
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Age: 70
Come See the Paradise
1990
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as Mr. Ogata
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Age: 67
Ninja III: The Domination
1984
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as Okuda
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Age: 61
Cannonball Run II
1984
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as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Enter the Ninja
1981
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as Komori
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Age: 58
Midway
1976
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as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
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Age: 53
When the North Wind Blows
1974
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as Yermak
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Age: 50
M*A*S*H
1970
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as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
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Age: 46
Cocoon
1968
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as Arcturus Construction Guard
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Age: 45
King Rat
1965
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as Yoshima
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Age: 42
Moro Witch Doctor
1964
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as Manuel Romblon
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Age: 41
PT 109
1963
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as Commander (uncredited)
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Age: 40
The Nun and the Sergeant
1962
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as Pak
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Age: 38
Operation Bottleneck
1961
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as Matsu
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Age: 38
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
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as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
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Age: 37
The Great Impostor
1960
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as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958
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as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
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Age: 34