So Yamamura
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1910-02-24
Place of Birth: Tenri, Nara, Japan
Popularity: 1.3
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
Professional Killers
1972
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
Tokyo Story
1953
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
ザ・ハングマン
1980
Pearl
1978
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
The Yagyu Conspiracy
1978
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Gung Ho
1986
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
Early Spring
1956
Antarctica
1983
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Tasukenin Hashiru
1973
The Militarists
1970
Hijo no License
1973
The Orphan Brother
1961
Sound of the Mountain
1954
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
If Indeed One Loves
1955
The Last War
1961
Repast
1951
The Munekata Sisters
1950
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Main Line to Terror
1975
Till We Meet Again
1955
The Inheritance
1962
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
The Second Is a Christian
1985
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Black Current
1954
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
Darkness at Noon
1956
Modern People
1952
The Estuary
1961
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
Little Peach
1958
A Geisha's Diary
1961
Professional Killers
1973
With Songs in My Heart
1958
Striving to Live
1955
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
Glory on the Summit
1962
White Beast
1950
Star of Hong Kong
1962
Shag
1978
Detective Duel
1958
Night Butterflies
1957
Women of Tokyo
1961
Homecoming
1950
Ninja Assassins
1960
Miniature
1953
The White Orchid
1951
Sister with Sister
1958
Born in Sin
1962
Hole in One
1957
Their Legacy
1962
A Flame at the Pier
1962
Ditch
1954
Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
Jigoku bana
1957
The Ataka Family
1952
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
A Public Benefactor
1964
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
Miki, the Swordman
1951
A Roaring Trade
1962
Deep River Melody
1960
The School of Flesh
1965
The Cannery Boat
1953
Hell's Companion
1959
Ganpeki
1953
Dancing Girl
1951
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Netsuai sha
1961
Passion Fire
1952
The Purple Hood
1958
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
Okuni and Gohei
1952
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
A Second Life
1948
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Victory and Defeat
1960
Haitoku no mesu
1961
Police Precinct Part 14
1960
Kirare no Senta
1949
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
Across the Darkness
1959
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Murahachibu
1953
Yume de aritai
1962
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
日本敗れず
1954No Photo
Samurai Hawk
1961
Kagebōshi
1950
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
Epitaph to My Love
1961
Burden of Love
1955No Photo
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Ano hito wa ima
1963No Photo
Song of Love
1950
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
As Long as I Live
1946
Duel in the Sun
1950
Records of loyal vassals
1962
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Love's Family Tree
1961
白磁の人
1957
The Doctor
1955
Roar and Earth
1957No Photo
Senka o koete
1950
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Hahakogusa
1959
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948No Photo
Honoo no hada
1951
The Harbor Lights
1961
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
Going West: to the West
1997
A Young Samurai
1955
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Tange Sazen
1990
Musume to watashi
1962
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
Love and Duty
1954
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
Summer in Eclipse
1956
Karatachi no hana
1954
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
His Pistol is Hell
1958
Hell's Juggler
1961
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
The Chieko Story
1957
Frame of Snow
1955
Daybreak Chorus
1963
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
Rumba of Passion
1950
Autumn Interlude
1954No Photo
Wagtail Tune
1951
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Gendai Mushuku
1958
お月様には悪いけど
1954
The Silent Murder
1959
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
First Love Story
1957
A Woman's Fight
1949
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
A Meeting of Youths
1952