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"

Filmography

• 1998Inconceivable — Mr. Akiyama
• 1997Beverly Hills Ninja — Old Japanese Man
• 1994In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance — Mr. Ing
• 1990Come See the Paradise — Mr. Ogata
• Rambo: The Force of Freedom
• 1984Cannonball Run II — Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
• 1984Ninja III: The Domination — Okuda
• 1983Smorgasbord — Japanese Mechanic
• The A-Team — Stockwell's contact
• 1982Dangerous Company — Mr. Hikaru
• 1981Enter the Ninja — Komori
• 1977Mad Bull — Smitty
• Baa Baa Black Sheep — Japanese Mechanic
• 1976Midway — Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
• Quincy, M.E.
• 1975Sharks' Treasure — Ishi
• 1974When the North Wind Blows — Yermak
• Kung Fu — Chinese Sergeant
• 1970M*A*S*H — Korean Doctor (uncredited)
• 1970The Games — Japanese Doctor
• The Odd Couple — Man #1
• Love, American Style
• The Bill Cosby Show — Mr. Shimura
• 1968Cocoon — Arcturus Construction Guard
• 1967Beach Red — Capt. Tanaka
• 1967The Sweet and the Bitter
• Family Affair
• Mission: Impossible — Saburi
• 1965King Rat — Yoshima
• 1964Moro Witch Doctor — Manuel Romblon
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Dr. Matsu, Mr. Yu
• 1963PT 109 — Commander (uncredited)
• McHale's Navy
• The Beachcomber — Nakamira
• 1962The Nun and the Sergeant — Pak
• 1961Operation Bottleneck — Matsu
• 1960The Great Impostor — Korean Soldier (uncredited)
• 1960The Wackiest Ship in the Army — Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
• Hawaiian Eye
• Philip Marlowe
• The Twilight Zone — Sergeant Yamazaki
• 1958Run Silent, Run Deep — Japanese sailor (uncredited)
• Sea Hunt
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Taro Yamamoto
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• Panic!
• Perry Mason — Lao
• 1956The King and I — Crewman (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories — Self (archive footage)