So Yamamura
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So Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura So, 24 February 1910 – 26 May 2000) was a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1947 and 1991, and directed four films. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. In the US, he is well known for his portrayals of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet, in Tora! Tora! Tora!, and of Mr. Sakamoto, the CEO of Assan Motors in Gung Ho.
Known for
Credits
Tokyo Story (1953)
as Koichi Hirayama
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948)
as Kijima
Who Will Judge Me? (1951)
Actor
Burden of Love (1955)
as Jozaburo Araki
The Black Current (1954)
Actor
As Long as I Live (1946)
Actor
Life of a Country Doctor (1960)
Actor
When It Rains, It Pours (1957)
Actor
Honoo no hada (1951)
Actor
Epitaph to My Love (1961)
as Kimura
Nemuri Kyōshirō (1989)
Actor
An Eagle Eyed Lord (1961)
Actor
Rumba of Passion (1950)
Actor
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 (1960)
Actor
Gung Ho (1986)
as Mr. Sakamoto
Drunkard's Paradise (1962)
Actor
Their Legacy (1962)
Actor
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
as Prime Minister
The Harbor Lights (1961)
Actor
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
as Okishima
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
as Gômune Jindaiyu
Mama's Diary (1954)
Actor
The Orphan Brother (1961)
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
as Seki Sekiguchi
Antarctica (1983)
as Iwakiri Sencho
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Gunrō no machi (1952)
Actor
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry (1973)
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Wagtail Tune (1951)
Actor
Modern People (1952)
Actor
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades (1990)
as Yagyu Munenori
Tokyo Bordello (1987)
as Isaburo Okura
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
as An Lushan
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
as Governor Tamura
The House Where Flowers Bloom (1963)
Actor
Oka wa hanazakari (1952)
Actor
First Love Story (1957)
as Shohei Ganmaru
Autumn Interlude (1954)
as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
as Prime Minister Kuroki
The Munekata Sisters (1950)
as Ryosuke Mimura
The Last War (1961)
as Prime Minister Masaki
Hell's Juggler (1961)
Actor
Sound of the Mountain (1954)
as Ogata Shingo
Early Spring (1956)
as Yutaka Kawai
Love and Duty (1954)
Actor
A Flame at the Pier (1962)
Actor
お月様には悪いけど (1954)
as ヤーさん
恐怖の空中殺人 (1956)
as 劉元章
Gendai Mushuku (1958)
as Nonomiya Shin
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
as Tateoka
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963)
as Mitsuhide
A Meeting of Youths (1952)
as Haruki Eda
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
as Kawashima
Professional Killers (1973)
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Frame of Snow (1955)
as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
Yagyu Abaretabi (1980)
Actor
The Chieko Story (1957)
as Kotaro Takamura
Diary of a Mad Old Man (1962)
as Tokusuke Rôjin
The Silent Murder (1959)
Actor
Main Line to Terror (1975)
Actor
Repast (1951)
Actor
Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
as Mikami
A Woman Who Convicts Men (1948)
Actor
Little Peach (1958)
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
The Second Is a Christian (1985)
as Nakatsugawa
The Lady of Musashino (1951)
as Eiji Ono
The Militarists (1970)
as Mitsumasa Yonai
Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1957)
Actor
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Actor
The Inheritance (1962)
as Senzô
Darkness at Noon (1956)
as Yuji
A Geisha's Diary (1961)
as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
as Toshio Ôki
White Beast (1950)
Actor
The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
as Hôgetsu Shimamura
Miniature (1953)
as Wakabayashi
Going West: to the West (1997)
as Shogo Kawahara
Senka o koete (1950)
Actor
The Sand City in Manchuria (1960)
as Ishigami
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance (1963)
as Tachibana
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo (1980)
as Masayuki Hoshina
Netsuai sha (1961)
as Murai
Glory on the Summit (1962)
Actor
Daybreak Chorus (1963)
as Shingo Koide
日本敗れず (1954)
Actor
Okuni and Gohei (1952)
as Tomonojo
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night (1974)
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Dancing Girl (1951)
as Yagi
Till We Meet Again (1955)
as Daisuke Kaji
The School of Flesh (1965)
Actor
Duel in the Sun (1950)
as Attorney
Night Butterflies (1957)
as Ichiro Shirasawa
My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953)
as The husband
Whirlwind Magistrate (1959)
Actor
あの空の果てに星はまたたく (1962)
Actor
A Roaring Trade (1962)
Actor
Striving to Live (1955)
Actor
Kirare no Senta (1949)
Actor
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 (1961)
Actor
Riverside Fish Market Empire (1952)
Actor
Tange Sazen (1990)
Actor
Ano hito wa ima (1963)
Actor
Star of Hong Kong (1962)
as Gentaro Sugimoto
His Pistol is Hell (1958)
Actor
Love's Family Tree (1961)
Actor
With Songs in My Heart (1958)
Actor
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan (1992)
Actor
The Cannery Boat (1953)
as Matsuki
The Wind Blows Twice (1952)
Actor
A Second Life (1948)
Actor
A Public Benefactor (1964)
as Kappei Arima
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog (1950)
as Hirate (Sake brewer)
Sister with Sister (1958)
as Michisuke Nishikata
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 (1959)
Actor
Seven Masks of Revenge (1955)
Actor
Passion Fire (1952)
as 奥田金馬太郎
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu (1950)
Actor
Gonin no totsugeki tai (1961)
Actor
The Estuary (1961)
Actor
Samurai Hawk (1961)
Actor
Miki, the Swordman (1951)
as Hirate Miki
Shag (1978)
Actor
If Indeed One Loves (1955)
as Gorô (segment 3)
The Bastards of Lawless Town (1959)
Actor
Summer in Eclipse (1956)
as Kozo Mishima
Ninja Assassins (1960)
Actor
Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956)
as Katsura Kogoro
Hahakogusa (1959)
as Mr. Fujiki
Haitoku no mesu (1961)
as Naoyuki Nishizawa
Women of Tokyo (1961)
as Shoichi Kagami
Murahachibu (1953)
Actor
Ditch (1954)
Actor
Deep River Melody (1960)
Actor
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)
Actor
A Young Samurai (1955)
Actor
Detective Duel (1958)
Actor
Yūkyō no mure (1948)
Actor
続べらんめぇ芸者 (1960)
Actor
Records of loyal vassals (1962)
Actor
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋 (1955)
Actor
Homecoming (1950)
Actor
Kagebōshi (1950)
as 小山田鉄心
Jigoku bana (1957)
Actor
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S (1982)
Actor
The 47 Masterless Samurai (1959)
Actor
The White Orchid (1951)
Actor
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger (1960)
Actor
The Purple Hood (1958)
Actor
Hole in One (1957)
as Keikichi Shirasu
Hell's Companion (1959)
Actor
At the Side of the Bridge 3 (1963)
Actor
白磁の人 (1957)
Actor
A Woman's Fight (1949)
Actor
Ganpeki (1953)
Actor
The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
as Yasukichi Sakaza
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord (1959)
Actor
The Ataka Family (1952)
Actor
Musume to watashi (1962)
Actor
Police Precinct Part 14 (1960)
as Maruyama
Across the Darkness (1959)
as Takazawa
Yume de aritai (1962)
Actor
Kanei Command Performance (1983)
Actor
The Doctor (1955)
Actor
Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
Actor
Karatachi no hana (1954)
Actor
Song of Love (1950)
Actor
Born in Sin (1962)
Actor
Roar and Earth (1957)
Actor
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi (1956)
Actor
Victory and Defeat (1960)
as Kimpei Minegishi
Oban kanketsu hen (1958)
Actor