So Yamamura

Known For: Acting
Born: February 24, 1910
Place of Birth: Tenri, Nara, Japan
Died: May 26, 2000

So Yamamura

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.

Filmography

Going West: to the West

1997 · Shogo Kawahara

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

1992

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

1991 · Prime Minister

The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades

1990 · Yagyu Munenori

Tange Sazen

1990

Nemuri Kyōshirō

1989

Tokyo Bordello

1987 · Isaburo Okura

Gung Ho

1986 · Mr. Sakamoto

The Second Is a Christian

1985 · Nakatsugawa

Kanei Command Performance

1983

Antarctica

1983 · Iwakiri Sencho

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

1982

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

1982 · Yagyu Munenori

ザ・ハングマン

1980

Yagyu Abaretabi

1980

Yagyu's Secret Quest

1980 · Yagyu Munenori

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

1980 · Masayuki Hoshina

Pearl

1978 · Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)

The Yagyu Conspiracy

1978 · Yagyu Munenori

Shag

1978

Ningen no Shōmei

1978

Main Line to Terror

1975

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974 · Prime Minister Kuroki

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

1974 · Hanemon(Otowaya)

Tasukenin Hashiru

1973

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

1973 · Hanemon(Otowaya)

Professional Killers

1973 · Hanemon(Otowaya)

Hijo no License

1973 · 矢部

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

1972 · Gômune Jindaiyu

Professional Killers

1972 · Hanemon Otowaya

Haru no Sakamichi

1971 · Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Militarists

1970 · Mitsumasa Yonai

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 · Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Japan's Longest Day

1967 · Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

The Retreat from Kiska

1965 · Kawashima

With Beauty and Sorrow

1965 · Toshio Ôki

The School of Flesh

1965

A Public Benefactor

1964 · Kappei Arima

Daybreak Chorus

1963 · Shingo Koide

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

1963 · Tachibana

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

1963 · Mitsuhide

The House Where Flowers Bloom

1963

Ano hito wa ima

1963

At the Side of the Bridge 3

1963

Born in Sin

1962

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1962 · Tokusuke Rôjin

A Flame at the Pier

1962

Records of loyal vassals

1962

Glory on the Summit

1962

Star of Hong Kong

1962 · Gentaro Sugimoto

Akitsu Hot Springs

1962 · Mikami

あの空の果てに星はまたたく

1962

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

1962 · Taiwan Army Chief of Staff

Musume to watashi

1962

The Inheritance

1962 · Senzô

Drunkard's Paradise

1962

Yume de aritai

1962

A Roaring Trade

1962

Their Legacy

1962

Love's Family Tree

1961

The Last War

1961 · Prime Minister Masaki

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

1961 · Councilor Matsudaira Izu

Netsuai sha

1961 · Murai

Haitoku no mesu

1961 · Naoyuki Nishizawa

A Geisha's Diary

1961 · Kiyomasa Tsutsui

The Estuary

1961

The Orphan Brother

1961 · Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

An Eagle Eyed Lord

1961

Epitaph to My Love

1961 · Kimura

Gonin no totsugeki tai

1961

Samurai Hawk

1961

Women of Tokyo

1961 · Shoichi Kagami

The Harbor Lights

1961

Hell's Juggler

1961

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

1961

Deep River Melody

1960 · , Director

The Sand City in Manchuria

1960 · Ishigami

Life of a Country Doctor

1960

Ninja Assassins

1960

Police Precinct Part 14

1960 · Maruyama

Victory and Defeat

1960 · Kimpei Minegishi

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

1960

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

1960

続べらんめぇ芸者

1960

Across the Darkness

1959 · Takazawa

Kashima-nada no onna

1959 · Director

The Silent Murder

1959

Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord

1959

Hell's Companion

1959

Hahakogusa

1959 · Mr. Fujiki, Director

Whirlwind Magistrate

1959

The Bastards of Lawless Town

1959

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959 · Okishima

The 47 Masterless Samurai

1959

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

1959

Sister with Sister

1958 · Michisuke Nishikata

The Purple Hood

1958

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958 · Governor Tamura

With Songs in My Heart

1958

Detective Duel

1958

Oban kanketsu hen

1958

His Pistol is Hell

1958

Gendai Mushuku

1958 · Nonomiya Shin

Little Peach

1958 · Heishiro Hirayama, the father

Roar and Earth

1957

Hole in One

1957 · Keikichi Shirasu

First Love Story

1957 · Shohei Ganmaru

The Chieko Story

1957 · Kotaro Takamura

Jigoku bana

1957

When It Rains, It Pours

1957

Tokyo Twilight

1957 · Seki Sekiguchi

Night Butterflies

1957 · Ichiro Shirasawa

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

1957

白磁の人

1957

恐怖の空中殺人

1956 · 劉元章

Tsukigata Hanpeita

1956 · Katsura Kogoro

Summer in Eclipse

1956 · Kozo Mishima

Darkness at Noon

1956 · Yuji

Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi

1956

Early Spring

1956 · Yutaka Kawai

The Doctor

1955 · , Director, Screenplay

Seven Masks of Revenge

1955

If Indeed One Loves

1955 · Gorô (segment 3)

Till We Meet Again

1955 · Daisuke Kaji

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955 · An Lushan

Ghost Story of Youth

1955 · Tetsuya, father of Chiharu

Frame of Snow

1955 · Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)

A Young Samurai

1955

Burden of Love

1955 · Jozaburo Araki

Striving to Live

1955

美男お小姓　人斬り彦齋

1955

お月様には悪いけど

1954 · ヤーさん

Karatachi no hana

1954

日本敗れず

1954

The Black Current

1954 · , Director

Ditch

1954

Love and Duty

1954

Autumn Interlude

1954 · Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father

Mama's Diary

1954

Sound of the Mountain

1954 · Ogata Shingo

An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953

Tokyo Story

1953 · Koichi Hirayama

The Cannery Boat

1953 · Matsuki, Screenplay, Director

Ganpeki

1953

Miniature

1953 · Wakabayashi

Murahachibu

1953

My Wonderful Yellow Car

1953 · The husband

Passion Fire

1952 · 奥田金馬太郎

Oka wa hanazakari

1952

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

1952 · Yasukichi Sakaza

Modern People

1952

The Ataka Family

1952

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952

Okuni and Gohei

1952 · Tomonojo

Riverside Fish Market Empire

1952

The Wind Blows Twice

1952

A Meeting of Youths

1952 · Haruki Eda

Gunrō no machi

1952

Repast

1951

Miki, the Swordman

1951 · Hirate Miki

Honoo no hada

1951

Hibari no komoriuta

1951

The Lady of Musashino

1951 · Eiji Ono

Dancing Girl

1951 · Yagi

Wagtail Tune

1951

Who Will Judge Me?

1951

The White Orchid

1951

Rumba of Passion

1950

Homecoming

1950

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

1950 · Hirate (Sake brewer)

Portrait of Madame Yuki

1950 · Tateoka

Senka o koete

1950

The Munekata Sisters

1950 · Ryosuke Mimura

White Beast

1950

Song of Love

1950

Duel in the Sun

1950 · Attorney

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

1950

Kagebōshi

1950 · 小山田鉄心

Kirare no Senta

1949

A Woman's Fight

1949

Yūkyō no mure

1948

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

1948 · Kijima

A Second Life

1948

The Love of the Actress Sumako

1947 · Hôgetsu Shimamura

As Long as I Live

1946

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