Born the son of James Takeshi Ishida (May 19, 1917January 24, 1980) and the late Sachiko "Sue" Ishida (May 31, 1920August 25, 2010). Ishida, who was also raised in the nearby town of
Lodi, California, and his family were internees at a
Japanese American internment camp in
Rohwer, Arkansas for about a year during World War II, then released shortly after the conflict ended in 1945. Ishida's mother Sue served for many years in the
Lodi Unified School District as a teacher, librarian, and culminating and as the Coordinator of the Instructional Materials Center there in 1982. ==Filmography==