Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
03 Apr, 1923 (102 years old)
Death date
04 Mar, 2004

Dale Ishimoto

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"

Known For

Beverly Hills Ninja
1080p
88 min 1997

Beverly Hills Ninja

Comedy Movie
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1080p
88 min 1994

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

Thriller Movie
Come See the Paradise
133 min 1990

Come See the Paradise

Drama Movie
Ninja III: The Domination
1080p
92 min 1984

Ninja III: The Domination

Action Movie
Cannonball Run II
108 min 1984

Cannonball Run II

Action Movie
Enter the Ninja
100 min 1981

Enter the Ninja

Action Movie