Dale Ishimoto
Nacimiento : 1923-04-03, Delta, Delta County, Colorado, USA
Muerte : 2004-03-04
Historia
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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"
Self (archive footage)
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself and with his family and friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to all-time great of British cinema. The many film clips reveal an electric screen presence and a willingness to undertake a range of difficult, challenging roles.
Old Japanese Man
Un Ninja sin demasiado talento está decidido a salvar a una misteriosa dama en apuros. Chris Farley en Haru, un niño huérfano que llega a Japón y es confundido con el legendario Gran Ninja Blanco. Criado con un grupo de ninjas de élite, debido a su gran tamaño se convierte en la vergüenza de su clan. Pero cuando una bella rubia le pide ayuda para resolver una peligrosa misión en Beverly Hills, Haru tiene una oportunidad de oro, aunque sea arriesgando su vida, para demostrar de lo que es capaz.
Mr. Ogata
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Narra una historia de amor que se desarrolla en los campos de concentración para japoneses que se crearon en Estados Unidos tras el ataque japonés contra la base naval de Pearl Harbor (1941).
Okuda
Una mujer es poseída por el espíritu de un malvado guerrero ninja y comienza a asesinar a sus enemigos, demostrando habilidades sobrenaturales. Sólo un ninja heroico podrá sacar el mal de su cuerpo. Tercera entrega de una trilogía que completan "La justicia del ninja" y "La venganza del ninja". La tres cintas que solo tienen en común haber sido producidas por la mítica factoría de acción ochentera Cannon Films, y tener en su reparto al actor japonés Shô Kosugi, un especialista en artes marciales cuya figura sirvió, entre otras cosas, como modelo para el personaje de Rikimaru en las tres entregas del exitoso videojuego, "Tenchu".
Japanese Businessman
"Los locos del Cannonball" vuelven con otra edición de la carrera automovilística en la que el ganador es el que consiga cruzar los Estados Unidos más rápido. Viejos conocidos y nuevos personajes participan en esta peculiar carrera sin reglas para ser el vencedor.
Mr. Hikaru
The true story of Ray Johnson, a convict who spent most of his life in and out of prison until he finally decided to turn his life around.
Komori
Después de completar su formación como ninja, Cole (Franco Nero) recibe un angustioso telegrama de su amigo Frank (Alex Courtney), pidiéndole que vaya a Filipinas para que le ayude con un grave problema. Tanto él como su esposa están siendo acosados por un grupo de matones. Cole tendrá que emplearse a fondo y más cuando sepa la verdadera naturaleza de su rival.
Smitty
An embittered professional wrestler, convinced that his life has no meaning outside the ring, meets a beautiful woman. Unlike most of the women he has known, she seems to be interested in him for himself rather than his fame or his money, and he finds himself becoming attracted to her.
Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Segunda Guerra Mundial. En el verano de 1942 empezó la guerra naval, en la que norteamericanos y japoneses se enfrentaron por el dominio del Pacífico. Mientras la flota de portaaviones japoneses luchaba para tomar Midway y destruir las naves enemigas, las fuerzas estadounidenses, formadas por tres portaaviones y numerosos barcos de apoyo, intentaban resistir el envite.
Yermak
Avakum (Henry Brandon) is an old trapper who is having a harder and harder time getting by because of the dwindling wildlife in the region. One day he is on a tiger hunt when a big cat attacks his friend's son. Ava tries to shoot the tiger but accidentally kills the boy instead. Thinking he's accused of murder, he flees civilization, and eventually adapts to life among these same tigers. Boris (Herbert Nelson) , knows that his son's death was an accident, and tries to find Avakum and tell him he's innocent and should came back to the village. In the year that follows, Ava survives the harsh Siberian winter and finds himself at home beyond civilized life, to the point where when Boris finally does find him, it is a very touching goodbye, since the two old friends have drifted apart and have to remain in their separate worlds
Japanese Doctor
From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the world. They are also the pawns of powerful nations, the victims of dangerous drugs and the object of many men's ambitions. Once every four years they come together... for the Olympic Games.
Arcturus Construction Guard
In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring in Honolulu.
Capt. Tanaka
En una madrugada de 1943, una embarcación con tropas de asalto estadounidenses, que encabeza el capitán McDonald, se dirige a una isla del Pacífico en poder de los japoneses... (FILMAFFINITY)
Yoshima
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un grupo de prisioneros sobrevive a duras penas en un campo de concentración de Singapur. Cada uno tiene sus propios métodos, como King Rat, que se dedica al mercado negro y es despreciado por sus compañeros, aunque todos le necesitan.
Manuel Romblon
The murders of two American plantation owners leads an Interpol agent into a battle with Filipino drug smugglers and violent religious fanatics.
Pak
A weary sergeant in Korea commands military prisoners on a dangerous mission and is joined by a nun and a group of schoolgirls in enemy territory.
Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.
Japanese sailor (uncredited)
II Guerra Mundial: la guerra del Pacífico. "Rick" Richardson (Clark Gable) es un duro y abnegado oficial de Marina cuyo único propósito es encontrar y eliminar a un destructor japonés al que cree responsable del hundimiento de su barco. Cuando asume el mando de un nuevo submarino, con un vigilante primer oficial (Burt Lancaster), entrena a sus hombres de manera tan implacable que casi provoca un motín.
