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