
So Yamamura
Known for Acting · 183 credits
- Born
- 1910-02-24
- Died
- 2000-05-26
- Place of birth
- Tenri, Nara, Japan
- Also known as
- Hirosada Koga · 山村聡 · 山村聰 · Со Ямамура · 山村聪 · Soh Yamamura
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
TV Shows (10)

Professional Killers
1972
as Hanemon Otowaya

Haru no Sakamichi
1971
as Tokugawa Ieyasu

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

ザ・ハングマン
1980

The Yagyu Conspiracy
1978
as Yagyu Munenori

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
as Yagyu Munenori

Ningen no Shōmei
1978

Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
as Yagyu Munenori

Hijo no License
1973
as 矢部

Tasukenin Hashiru
1973
Movies (173)

Tokyo Story
1953
as Koichi Hirayama

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
as An Lushan

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Okishima

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
as Prime Minister

Gung Ho
1986
as Mr. Sakamoto

Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
as Prime Minister Kuroki

Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Seki Sekiguchi

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
as Gômune Jindaiyu

The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959

The Orphan Brother
1961
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
as Tateoka

Tokyo Bordello
1987
as Isaburo Okura

Antarctica
1983
as Iwakiri Sencho

An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953

Sound of the Mountain
1954
as Ogata Shingo

Till We Meet Again
1955
as Daisuke Kaji

Main Line to Terror
1975

The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Governor Tamura

The Militarists
1970
as Mitsumasa Yonai

Okuni and Gohei
1952
as Tomonojo

Hole in One
1957
as Keikichi Shirasu

Early Spring
1956
as Yutaka Kawai

Oban kanketsu hen
1958

The Retreat from Kiska
1965
as Kawashima

The Inheritance
1962
as Senzô

Little Peach
1958
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father

My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as The husband

A Flame at the Pier
1962

Miniature
1953
as Wakabayashi

The Munekata Sisters
1950
as Ryosuke Mimura

Shag
1978

Life of a Country Doctor
1960

Darkness at Noon
1956
as Yuji

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu

The School of Flesh
1965

Drunkard's Paradise
1962

Ditch
1954

Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957

Detective Duel
1958

Striving to Live
1955

Star of Hong Kong
1962
as Gentaro Sugimoto

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950

Ghost Story of Youth
1955
as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu

Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989

Miki, the Swordman
1951
as Hirate Miki

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
as Masayuki Hoshina

Repast
1951

Musume to watashi
1962

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
as Tachibana

With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
as Toshio Ôki

The Second Is a Christian
1985
as Nakatsugawa

Dancing Girl
1951
as Yagi

The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
as Ishigami

A Second Life
1948

At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982

Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
as Mikami

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
as Mitsuhide

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
as Hanemon(Otowaya)

White Beast
1950

Night Butterflies
1957
as Ichiro Shirasawa

With Songs in My Heart
1958

Love and Duty
1954

Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
as Tokusuke Rôjin

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992

The Black Current
1954

Epitaph to My Love
1961
as Kimura

If Indeed One Loves
1955
as Gorô (segment 3)

A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
as Kijima

Sister with Sister
1958
as Michisuke Nishikata

The Lady of Musashino
1951
as Eiji Ono

The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
as Hôgetsu Shimamura

Across the Darkness
1959
as Takazawa

A Geisha's Diary
1961
as Kiyomasa Tsutsui

The Ataka Family
1952

The Harbor Lights
1961

Duel in the Sun
1950
as Attorney

Glory on the Summit
1962

Hell's Juggler
1961

Whirlwind Magistrate
1959

Burden of Love
1955
as Jozaburo Araki

Jigoku bana
1957

The Last War
1961
as Prime Minister Masaki

The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
as Yasukichi Sakaza

An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961

Seven Masks of Revenge
1955

The White Orchid
1951

Kagebōshi
1950
as 小山田鉄心

Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
as Katsura Kogoro

Their Legacy
1962

Ganpeki
1953

Who Will Judge Me?
1951

Murahachibu
1953

Born in Sin
1962

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952

Going West: to the West
1997
as Shogo Kawahara

Hell's Companion
1959

Homecoming
1950

Women of Tokyo
1961
as Shoichi Kagami
Song of Love
1950

あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
Samurai Hawk
1961

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959

A Roaring Trade
1962

Victory and Defeat
1960
as Kimpei Minegishi

Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952

Professional Killers
1973
as Hanemon(Otowaya)

When It Rains, It Pours
1957

続べらんめぇ芸者
1960

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
as Hirate (Sake brewer)

The Cannery Boat
1953
as Matsuki

Love's Family Tree
1961

The Purple Hood
1958

Ninja Assassins
1960

Haitoku no mesu
1961
as Naoyuki Nishizawa

Records of loyal vassals
1962

A Public Benefactor
1964
as Kappei Arima
About 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. With 183 credits spanning from 1946 to 1997, So Yamamura has appeared in 173 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular So Yamamura Movies
- Tokyo Story (1953) — as Koichi Hirayama
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) — as An Lushan
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — as Okishima
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) — as Prime Minister
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