So Yamamura

So Yamamura

ActorDirectorWriter Feb 24 (died age 90) Tenri, Nara, Japan 1946–1997 (51 year career)

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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

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

Koichi Hirayama

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Okishima

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

Seki Sekiguchi

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Prime Minister

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Gômune Jindaiyu

Early Spring

Early Spring

Yutaka Kawai

Gung Ho

Gung Ho

Mr. Sakamoto

Filmography

Acting (173)

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Movies (164)

Going West: to the West

Going West: to the West

as Shogo Kawahara

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as Prime Minister

Tange Sazen

Tange Sazen

The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades

The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades

as Yagyu Munenori

Nemuri Kyōshirō

Nemuri Kyōshirō

Tokyo Bordello

Tokyo Bordello

as Isaburo Okura

Gung Ho

Gung Ho

as Mr. Sakamoto

The Second Is a Christian

The Second Is a Christian

as Nakatsugawa

Antarctica

Antarctica

as Iwakiri Sencho

Kanei Command Performance

Kanei Command Performance

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

as Masayuki Hoshina

Yagyu Abaretabi

Yagyu Abaretabi

Shag

Shag

Main Line to Terror

Main Line to Terror

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

as Hanemon(Otowaya)

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Prime Minister Kuroki

Professional Killers

Professional Killers

as Hanemon(Otowaya)

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

as Hanemon(Otowaya)

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

as Gômune Jindaiyu

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

The Militarists

The Militarists

as Mitsumasa Yonai

Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day

as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

The Retreat from Kiska

The Retreat from Kiska

as Kawashima

With Beauty and Sorrow

With Beauty and Sorrow

as Toshio Ôki

The School of Flesh

The School of Flesh

A Public Benefactor

A Public Benefactor

as Kappei Arima

Ano hito wa ima

Ano hito wa ima

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

as Tachibana

At the Side of the Bridge 3

At the Side of the Bridge 3

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

Daybreak Chorus

Daybreak Chorus

as Shingo Koide

Star of Hong Kong

Star of Hong Kong

as Gentaro Sugimoto

Akitsu Hot Springs

Akitsu Hot Springs

as Mikami

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff

Born in Sin

Born in Sin

Musume to watashi

Musume to watashi

Yume de aritai

Yume de aritai

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Diary of a Mad Old Man

as Tokusuke Rôjin

Glory on the Summit

Glory on the Summit

あの空の果てに星はまたたく

あの空の果てに星はまたたく

A Roaring Trade

A Roaring Trade

A Flame at the Pier

A Flame at the Pier

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

as Senzô

Their Legacy

Their Legacy

Records of loyal vassals

Records of loyal vassals

Drunkard's Paradise

Drunkard's Paradise

Love's Family Tree

Love's Family Tree

Epitaph to My Love

Epitaph to My Love

as Kimura

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

A Geisha's Diary

A Geisha's Diary

as Kiyomasa Tsutsui

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

as Councilor Matsudaira Izu

The Last War

The Last War

as Prime Minister Masaki

Samurai Hawk

Gonin no totsugeki tai

Gonin no totsugeki tai

The Estuary

The Estuary

Netsuai sha

Netsuai sha

as Murai

The Orphan Brother

The Orphan Brother

as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

Women of Tokyo

Women of Tokyo

as Shoichi Kagami

Haitoku no mesu

Haitoku no mesu

as Naoyuki Nishizawa

Hell's Juggler

Hell's Juggler

The Harbor Lights

The Harbor Lights

An Eagle Eyed Lord

An Eagle Eyed Lord

The Human Condition

The Human Condition

as Okishima

続べらんめぇ芸者

続べらんめぇ芸者

The Sand City in Manchuria

The Sand City in Manchuria

as Ishigami

Ninja Assassins

Ninja Assassins

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

Victory and Defeat

Victory and Defeat

as Kimpei Minegishi

Deep River Melody

Deep River Melody

Life of a Country Doctor

Life of a Country Doctor

Police Precinct Part 14

Police Precinct Part 14

as Maruyama

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

as Okishima

Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord

Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord

Hahakogusa

Hahakogusa

as Mr. Fujiki

The Bastards of Lawless Town

The Bastards of Lawless Town

The 47 Masterless Samurai

The 47 Masterless Samurai

Hell's Companion

Hell's Companion

Whirlwind Magistrate

Whirlwind Magistrate

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

Across the Darkness

Across the Darkness

as Takazawa

With Songs in My Heart

With Songs in My Heart

His Pistol is Hell

His Pistol is Hell

Oban kanketsu hen

Oban kanketsu hen

Sister with Sister

Sister with Sister

as Michisuke Nishikata

Detective Duel

Detective Duel

The Barbarian and the Geisha

The Barbarian and the Geisha

as Governor Tamura

Little Peach

Little Peach

as Heishiro Hirayama, the father

The Purple Hood

The Purple Hood

Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

as Seki Sekiguchi

Roar and Earth

Roar and Earth

白磁の人

白磁の人

Hole in One

Hole in One

as Keikichi Shirasu

Jigoku bana

Jigoku bana

Night Butterflies

Night Butterflies

as Ichiro Shirasawa

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

When It Rains, It Pours

When It Rains, It Pours

Early Spring

Early Spring

as Yutaka Kawai

Summer in Eclipse

Summer in Eclipse

as Kozo Mishima

春のみづうみ

春のみづうみ

恐怖の空中殺人

恐怖の空中殺人

as 劉元章

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Tsukigata Hanpeita

as Katsura Kogoro

Darkness at Noon

Darkness at Noon

as Yuji

美男お小姓　人斬り彦齋

美男お小姓　人斬り彦齋

Ghost Story of Youth

Ghost Story of Youth

as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu

The Doctor

The Doctor

Burden of Love

Burden of Love

as Jozaburo Araki

Striving to Live

Striving to Live

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

as Daisuke Kaji

A Young Samurai

A Young Samurai

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

as An Lushan

Frame of Snow

Frame of Snow

as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)

Seven Masks of Revenge

Seven Masks of Revenge

Ai Sureba Koso

Ai Sureba Koso

as Gorô (segment 3)

日本敗れず

日本敗れず

Ditch

Ditch

Karatachi no hana

Karatachi no hana

Sound of the Mountain

Sound of the Mountain

as Ogata Shingo

The Black Current

The Black Current

お月様には悪いけど

お月様には悪いけど

as ヤーさん

Love and Duty

Love and Duty

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

as Koichi Hirayama

Miniature

Miniature

as Wakabayashi

Ganpeki

Ganpeki

Murahachibu

Murahachibu

An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water

My Wonderful Yellow Car

My Wonderful Yellow Car

as The husband

The Cannery Boat

The Cannery Boat

as Matsuki

The Wind Blows Twice

The Wind Blows Twice

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Okuni and Gohei

Okuni and Gohei

as Tomonojo

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

as Yasukichi Sakaza

The Ataka Family

The Ataka Family

Riverside Fish Market Empire

Riverside Fish Market Empire

Modern People

Modern People

Passion Fire

Passion Fire

as 奥田金馬太郎

Who Will Judge Me?

Who Will Judge Me?

The Lady of Musashino

The Lady of Musashino

as Eiji Ono

Hibari no komoriuta

Hibari no komoriuta

Miki, the Swordman

Miki, the Swordman

as Hirate Miki

Dancing Girl

Dancing Girl

as Yagi

Repast

Repast

Honoo no hada

The White Orchid

The White Orchid

The Munekata Sisters

The Munekata Sisters

as Ryosuke Mimura

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Portrait of Madame Yuki

as Tateoka

Senka o koete

White Beast

White Beast

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

as Hirate (Sake brewer)

Song of Love

Kagebōshi

Kagebōshi

as 小山田鉄心

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

as Attorney

Homecoming

Homecoming

Rumba of Passion

Rumba of Passion

Kirare no Senta

Kirare no Senta

A Woman's Fight

A Woman's Fight

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

as Kijima

A Second Life

A Second Life

Yūkyō no mure

Yūkyō no mure

The Love of the Actress Sumako

The Love of the Actress Sumako

as Hôgetsu Shimamura

As Long as I Live

As Long as I Live

Television (9)

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

as Yagyu Munenori

Yagyu's Secret Quest

Yagyu's Secret Quest

as Yagyu Munenori

ザ・ハングマン

ザ・ハングマン

The Yagyu Conspiracy

The Yagyu Conspiracy

as Yagyu Munenori

Pearl

Pearl

as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)

Ningen no Shōmei

Ningen no Shōmei

Hijo no License

Hijo no License

as 矢部

Professional Killers

Professional Killers

as Hanemon Otowaya

Haru no Sakamichi

Haru no Sakamichi

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Crew (8)

Movies (8)

Deep River Melody

Deep River Melody

Director

Hahakogusa

Hahakogusa

Director

Kashima-nada no onna

Kashima-nada no onna

Director

The Doctor

The Doctor

Director

The Doctor

The Doctor

Screenplay

The Black Current

The Black Current

Director

The Cannery Boat

The Cannery Boat

Director

The Cannery Boat

The Cannery Boat

Screenplay