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Dale Ishimoto
Delta County, Colorado, USA
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 rais…
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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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Movies and shows, newest first
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2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1998
Inconceivable
Movie Mr. Akiyama
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1997
Beverly Hills Ninja
Movie Old Japanese Man
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1994
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Movie Mr. Ing
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1990
Come See the Paradise
Movie Mr. Ogata
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1986
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
TV show
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1984
Ninja III: The Domination
Movie Okuda
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1984
Cannonball Run II
Movie Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
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1983
Smorgasbord
Movie Japanese Mechanic
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1983
The A-Team
TV show Stockwell's contact
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1982
Dangerous Company
Movie Mr. Hikaru
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1981
Enter the Ninja
Movie Komori
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1977
Mad Bull
Movie Smitty
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show
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1976
Baa Baa Black Sheep
TV show Japanese Mechanic
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1976
Midway
Movie Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
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1975
Sharks' Treasure
Movie Ishi
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1974
When the North Wind Blows
Movie Yermak
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1972
Kung Fu
TV show Chinese Sergeant
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1970
The Odd Couple
TV show Man #1
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1970
The Games
Movie Japanese Doctor
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1970
M*A*S*H
Movie Korean Doctor (uncredited)
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1969
Love, American Style
TV show
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1969
The Bill Cosby Show
TV show Mr. Shimura
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1968
Cocoon
Movie Arcturus Construction Guard
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1967
Beach Red
Movie Capt. Tanaka
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1967
The Sweet and the Bitter
Movie
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1966
Mission: Impossible
TV show Saburi
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1966
Family Affair
TV show
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1965
King Rat
Movie Yoshima
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1964
Moro Witch Doctor
Movie Manuel Romblon
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1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV show Dr. Matsu
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1963
PT 109
Movie Commander (uncredited)
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1962
McHale's Navy
TV show
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1962
The Beachcomber
TV show Nakamira
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1962
The Nun and the Sergeant
Movie Pak
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1961
Operation Bottleneck
Movie Matsu
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1960
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Movie Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
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1960
The Great Impostor
Movie Korean Soldier (uncredited)
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1959
Hawaiian Eye
TV show
