So Yamamura
Acting1910Tenri, Nara, Japan
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.
Known For
Acting History
1997
Going West: to the West
as Shogo Kawahara
1991
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
1990
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
as Yagyu Munenori
1989
1987
Tokyo Bordello
as Isaburo Okura
1986
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
1985
The Second Is a Christian
as Nakatsugawa
1983
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
1982
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
TVas Yagyu Munenori
1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Masayuki Hoshina
Yagyu's Secret Quest
TVas Yagyu Munenori
1978
Pearl
TVas Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
The Yagyu Conspiracy
TVas Yagyu Munenori
1974
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister Kuroki
1973
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Hijo no License
TVas 矢部
1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
Professional Killers
TVas Hanemon Otowaya
1971
Haru no Sakamichi
TVas Tokugawa Ieyasu
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
The Militarists
as Mitsumasa Yonai
1967
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
1965
1964
A Public Benefactor
as Kappei Arima
1963
1962
Star of Hong Kong
as Gentaro Sugimoto
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Mikami
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Tokusuke Rôjin
The Inheritance
as Senzô
1961
Haitoku no mesu
as Naoyuki Nishizawa
Women of Tokyo
as Shoichi Kagami
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
A Geisha's Diary
as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
The Last War
as Prime Minister Masaki
Epitaph to My Love
as Kimura
The Orphan Brother
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Netsuai sha
as Murai
1960
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
Across the Darkness
as Takazawa
Hahakogusa
as Mr. Fujiki
Kashima-nada no onna
Director
Hahakogusa
Director
1958
Sister with Sister
as Michisuke Nishikata
Little Peach
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Governor Tamura
1957
1956
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
Darkness at Noon
as Yuji
Summer in Eclipse
as Kozo Mishima
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Katsura Kogoro
恐怖の空中殺人
as 劉元章
1955
Till We Meet Again
as Daisuke Kaji
Ai Sureba Koso
as Gorô (segment 3)
Ghost Story of Youth
as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as An Lushan
Burden of Love
as Jozaburo Araki
Frame of Snow
as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
The Doctor
Screenplay
The Doctor
Director
1954
1953
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
Miniature
as Wakabayashi
The Cannery Boat
as Matsuki
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The husband
The Cannery Boat
Director
The Cannery Boat
Screenplay
1951
1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Tateoka
Kagebōshi
as 小山田鉄心
Duel in the Sun
as Attorney
The Munekata Sisters
as Ryosuke Mimura
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Hirate (Sake brewer)
1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Hôgetsu Shimamura