Acting
So Yamamura
1910-02-24 · Tenri, Nara, Japan
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
Tokyo Story
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Gung Ho
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Tokyo Twilight
Early Spring
Sound of the Mountain
Antarctica
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Repast
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Munekata Sisters
Japan's Longest Day
The Inheritance
Movie credits · 182
Going West: to the West
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Tange Sazen
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Tokyo Bordello
Gung Ho
The Second Is a Christian
Kanei Command Performance
Antarctica
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Yagyu Abaretabi
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Shag
Main Line to Terror
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Professional Killers
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
The Militarists
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Japan's Longest Day
The Retreat from Kiska
With Beauty and Sorrow
The School of Flesh
Ane to imôto
A Public Benefactor
Daybreak Chorus
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Ano hito wa ima
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Born in Sin
Diary of a Mad Old Man
A Flame at the Pier
Records of loyal vassals
Glory on the Summit
TV credits · 10
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