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