So Yamamura
Biography
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.
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Acting History
1997
Going West: to the West as Shogo Kawahara
1992Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1991Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah as Prime Minister
1990Tange Sazen
1989Nemuri Kyōshirō
1987Tokyo Bordello as Isaburo Okura
1986Gung Ho as Mr. Sakamoto
1985The Second Is a Christian as Nakatsugawa
1983Kanei Command Performance
1983Antarctica as Iwakiri Sencho
1982The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest as Yagyu Munenori
1980ザ・ハングマン
1980Yagyu's Secret Quest as Yagyu Munenori
1980Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo as Masayuki Hoshina
1978Pearl as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
1978The Yagyu Conspiracy as Yagyu Munenori
1978Shag
1978Ningen no Shōmei
1975Main Line to Terror
1974Prophecies of Nostradamus as Prime Minister Kuroki
1974Professional Killers – Assignment by Night as Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry as Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973Professional Killers as Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973Hijo no License as 矢部
1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril as Gômune Jindaiyu
1972Professional Killers as Hanemon Otowaya
1971Haru no Sakamichi as Tokugawa Ieyasu
1970The Militarists as Mitsumasa Yonai
1970Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1967Japan's Longest Day as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
1965The Retreat from Kiska as Kawashima
1965With Beauty and Sorrow as Toshio Ôki
1965The School of Flesh
1964A Public Benefactor as Kappei Arima
1963Daybreak Chorus as Shingo Koide
1963Gang Loyalty and Vengeance as Tachibana
1963Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963Ano hito wa ima
1963At the Side of the Bridge 3
1962Born in Sin
1962Diary of a Mad Old Man as Tokusuke Rôjin
1962A Flame at the Pier
1962Records of loyal vassals
1962Glory on the Summit
1962Star of Hong Kong as Gentaro Sugimoto
1962Akitsu Hot Springs as Mikami
1962あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
1962Musume to watashi
1962The Inheritance as Senzô
1962Drunkard's Paradise
1962Yume de aritai
1962Their Legacy
1962A Roaring Trade
1961Love's Family Tree
1961The Last War as Prime Minister Masaki
1961The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
1961Netsuai sha as Murai
1961Haitoku no mesu as Naoyuki Nishizawa
1961A Geisha's Diary as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
1961The Estuary
1961The Orphan Brother as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
1961An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961Epitaph to My Love as Kimura
1961Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961Samurai Hawk
1961Women of Tokyo as Shoichi Kagami
1961The Harbor Lights
1961Hell's Juggler
1961The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1960Deep River Melody
1960The Sand City in Manchuria as Ishigami
1960Life of a Country Doctor
1960Ninja Assassins
1960Police Precinct Part 14 as Maruyama
1960Victory and Defeat as Kimpei Minegishi
1960Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960続べらんめぇ芸者
1959Across the Darkness as Takazawa
1959Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959Hell's Companion
1959Hahakogusa as Mr. Fujiki
1959Whirlwind Magistrate
1959The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Okishima
1959The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1958Sister with Sister as Michisuke Nishikata
1958The Purple Hood
1958The Barbarian and the Geisha as Governor Tamura
1958With Songs in My Heart
1958Detective Duel
1958Oban kanketsu hen
1958His Pistol is Hell
1958Little Peach as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
1957Roar and Earth
1957Hole in One as Keikichi Shirasu
1957Jigoku bana
1957When It Rains, It Pours
1957Tokyo Twilight as Seki Sekiguchi
1957Night Butterflies as Ichiro Shirasawa
1957Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957白磁の人
1956恐怖の空中殺人 as 劉元章
1956Tsukigata Hanpeita as Katsura Kogoro
1956Summer in Eclipse as Kozo Mishima
1956Darkness at Noon as Yuji
1956春のみづうみ
1956Early Spring as Yutaka Kawai
1955The Doctor
1955Seven Masks of Revenge
1955Ai Sureba Koso as Gorô (segment 3)
1955Till We Meet Again as Daisuke Kaji
1955Princess Yang Kwei-fei as An Lushan
1955Ghost Story of Youth as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
1955Frame of Snow as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
1955A Young Samurai
1955Burden of Love as Jozaburo Araki
1955Striving to Live
1955美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1954お月様には悪いけど as ヤーさん
1954日本敗れず
1954Karatachi no hana
1954The Black Current
1954Ditch
1954Love and Duty
1954Sound of the Mountain as Ogata Shingo
1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953Tokyo Story as Koichi Hirayama
1953The Cannery Boat as Matsuki
1953Ganpeki
1953Miniature as Wakabayashi
1953Murahachibu
1953My Wonderful Yellow Car as The husband
1952Passion Fire as 奥田金馬太郎
1952The Woman Who Touched the Legs as Yasukichi Sakaza
1952Modern People
1952The Ataka Family
1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952Okuni and Gohei as Tomonojo
1952Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952The Wind Blows Twice
1951Repast
1951Miki, the Swordman as Hirate Miki
1951Honoo no hada
1951Hibari no komoriuta
1951The Lady of Musashino as Eiji Ono
1951Dancing Girl as Yagi
1951Who Will Judge Me?
1951The White Orchid
1950Rumba of Passion
1950Homecoming
1950Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog as Hirate (Sake brewer)
1950Portrait of Madame Yuki as Tateoka
1950Senka o koete
1950The Munekata Sisters as Ryosuke Mimura
1950White Beast
1950Song of Love
1950Duel in the Sun as Attorney
1950Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950Kagebōshi as 小山田鉄心
1949Kirare no Senta
1949A Woman's Fight
1948Yūkyō no mure
1948A Woman in the Typhoon Area as Kijima
1948A Second Life
1947The Love of the Actress Sumako as Hôgetsu Shimamura
1946As Long as I Live