Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

  • Birthday: 1910-02-24
  • Deathday: 2000-05-26
  • Place of birth: Tenri, Japan
  • Also know as: So Yamamura

Biography

Sō Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura Sō, 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

Early Spring

1956

As Yutaka Kawai

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

As Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Gung Ho

1986

As Mr. Sakamoto

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

1991

As Prime Minister

The Love of the Actress Sumako

1947

As Hôgetsu Shimamura

Sound of the Mountain

1954

As Ogata Shingo

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958

As Governor Tamura

Repast

1951

As

Japan's Longest Day

1967

As Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

Antarctica

1983

As Iwakiri Sencho

Tokyo Story

1953

As Koichi Hirayama

Tokyo Twilight

1957

As Seki Sekiguchi

The Munekata Sisters

1950

As Ryosuke Mimura

Princess Yang Kwei Fei

1955

As An Lushan

White Beast

1950

As

The Last War

1961

As Prime Minister Masaki

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

1980

As Masayuki Hoshina

Hole in One

1957

As Keikichi Shirasu

With Beauty and Sorrow

1965

As Toshio Ôki

Miniature

1953

As Wakabayashi

A Public Benefactor

1964

As Kappei Arima

Little Peach

1958

As Heishiro Hirayama, the father

Samurai Hawk

1961

As

Dog Whistle

1978

As

The Lady of Musashino

1951

As Eiji Ono

The Inheritance

1962

As Senzô

Night Butterflies

1957

As Ichiro Shirasawa

The Second Is a Christian

1985

As Nakatsugawa

The Militarists

1970

As Mitsumasa Yonai

Sister with Sister

1958

As Michisuke Nishikata

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

1962

As Taiwan Army Chief of Staff

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1962

As Tokusuke Rôjin

Okuni and Gohei

1952

As Tomonojo

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

1961

As Councilor Matsudaira Izu

The Ditch

1954

As

Dancing Girl

1951

As Yagi

The Cannery Boat

1953

As Matsuki

The Retreat from Kiska

1965

As Kawashima

Portrait of Madame Yuki

1950

As Tateoka

A Geisha's Diary

1961

As Kiyomasa Tsutsui

Burden of Love

1955

As Jozaburo Araki

Professional Killers

1973

As Hanemon(Otowaya)

Epitaph to My Love

1961

As Kimura

The Orphan Brother

1961

As Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

Darkness at Noon

1956

As Yuji

Jigoku bana

1957

As

Born in Sin

1962

As

Miki, the Swordman

1951

As Hirate Miki

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

1963

As Tachibana

Till We Meet Again

1955

As Daisuke Kaji

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

1952

As Yasukichi Sakaza

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

1972

As Gômune Jindaiyu

Ghost Story of Youth

1955

As Tetsuya, father of Chiharu

Tange Sazen

1990

As

Their Legacy

1962

As

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

As Prime Minister Kuroki

My Wonderful Yellow Car

1953

As The husband

Ai Sureba Koso

1955

As Gorô (segment 3)

Tsukigata Hanpeita

1956

As Katsura Kogoro

Haitoku no mesu

1961

As Naoyuki Nishizawa

Homecoming

1950

As

Across the Darkness

1959

As Takazawa

Police Precinct Part 14

1960

As Maruyama

Duel in the Sun

1950

As Attorney

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

1950

As Hirate (Sake brewer)

Song of Love

1950

As

The Estuary

1961

As

Star of Hong Kong

1962

As Gentaro Sugimoto

Women of Tokyo

1961

As Shoichi Kagami

白磁の人

1957

As

Victory and Defeat

1960

As Kimpei Minegishi

Kagebōshi

1950

As 小山田鉄心

Jōka

1952

As 奥田金馬太郎

Murahachibu

1953

As

Hahakogusa

1959

As Mr. Fujiki

Production

The Cannery Boat

1953

As Director

The Cannery Boat

1953

As Screenplay

Deep River Melody

1960

As Director

The Black Current

1954

As Director

Sara no hana no toge

1955

As Director

Sara no hana no toge

1955

As Screenplay

Hahakogusa

1959

As Director

Kashima-nada no onna

1959

As Director

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