So Yamamura
Acting
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.
Born: February 24, 1910 · Tenri, Nara, Japan
Filmography (38)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Actor: Prime Minister
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Actor: Isaburo Okura
Gung Ho
1986
Actor: Mr. Sakamoto
Antarctica
1983
Actor: Iwakiri Sencho
TV
Pearl
1978
Actor: Admiral Nagumo, co…
Main Line to Terror
1975
Actor
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Actor: Prime Minister Kur…
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Actor: Gômune Jindaiyu
TV
Professional Killers
1972
Actor: Hanemon Otowaya
TV
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
Actor: Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Actor: Admiral Isoroku Ya…
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Actor: Navy Minister Admi…
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Actor: Toshio Ôki
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
Actor
A Flame at the Pier
1962
Actor
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
Actor: Mikami
The Inheritance
1962
Actor: Senzô
The Last War
1961
Actor: Prime Minister Mas…
A Geisha's Diary
1961
Actor: Kiyomasa Tsutsui
The Orphan Brother
1961
Actor: Fujiwara No Moroza…
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Actor: Okishima
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
Actor: Governor Tamura
Little Peach
1958
Actor: Heishiro Hirayama,…
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Actor: Seki Sekiguchi
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Actor
Early Spring
1956
Actor: Yutaka Kawai
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Actor: An Lushan
Burden of Love
1955
Actor: Jozaburo Araki
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Actor: Ogata Shingo
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Actor
Tokyo Story
1953
Actor: Koichi Hirayama
Okuni and Gohei
1952
Actor: Tomonojo
Repast
1951
Actor
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Actor: Eiji Ono
Dancing Girl
1951
Actor: Yagi
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Actor: Tateoka
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Actor: Ryosuke Mimura
White Beast
1950
Actor