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. Military service 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. Entertainment career 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 known 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. Personal life Ishimoto married Miiko Taka in Baltimore in 1944, and they had two children: a son and a daughter. They divorced in 1958. Filmography The King and I (1956) - Crewman (uncredited) Tokyo After Dark (1959) - Reporter (uncredited) Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) - Japanese Guard (uncredited) Never So Few (1959) - Scout (uncredited) The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) - Japanese Pilot (uncredited) The Great Impostor (1961) - Korean Soldier (uncredited) Operation Bottleneck (1961) - Matsu Battle at Bloody Beach (1961) - Blanco A Majority of One (1961) - Taxi Driver (uncredited) Sea Hunt (1961) - Season 4, Episode 17 The Nun and the Sergeant (1962) - Pak PT 109 (1963) - Commander (uncredited) McHale's Navy (1964) - Japanese Captain Moro Witch Doctor (1964) - Manuel Romblon King Rat (1965) - Yoshima Walk, Don't Run (1966) - Plainclothesman (uncredited) The Sweet and the Bitter (1967) - Dick Kazanami Beach Red (1967) - Captain Tanaka MASH (1970) - Korean Doctor (uncredited) The Games (1970) - Japanese Doctor Superchick (1973) - Karate Instructor When the North Wind Blows (1974) - Yermak Sharks' Treasure (1975) - Ishi Midway (1976) - Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya Enter the Ninja (1981) - Komori Cracking Up (1983) - Japanese Mechanic Cannonball Run