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