So Yamamura
Known for Acting · 185 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)
ザ・ハングマン
1980
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Professional Killers
1972
as Hanemon Otowaya
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
as Yagyu Munenori
The Yagyu Conspiracy
1978
as Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
as Yagyu Munenori
Pearl
1978
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
Hijo no License
1973
as 矢部
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
Tasukenin Hashiru
1973
Movies (175)
Tokyo Story
1953
as Koichi Hirayama
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
as Kijima
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
Burden of Love
1955
as Jozaburo Araki
The Black Current
1954
As Long as I Live
1946
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
Honoo no hada
1951
Epitaph to My Love
1961
as Kimura
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
Rumba of Passion
1950
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Gung Ho
1986
as Mr. Sakamoto
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Their Legacy
1962
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
as Prime Minister
The Harbor Lights
1961
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Okishima
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
as Gômune Jindaiyu
Mama's Diary
1954
The Orphan Brother
1961
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Seki Sekiguchi
Antarctica
1983
as Iwakiri Sencho
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Gunrō no machi
1952
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Wagtail Tune
1951
Modern People
1952
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
as Yagyu Munenori
Tokyo Bordello
1987
as Isaburo Okura
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
as An Lushan
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
as Governor Tamura
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
First Love Story
1957
as Shohei Ganmaru
Autumn Interlude
1954
as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
as Prime Minister Kuroki
The Munekata Sisters
1950
as Ryosuke Mimura
The Last War
1961
as Prime Minister Masaki
Hell's Juggler
1961
Sound of the Mountain
1954
as Ogata Shingo
Early Spring
1956
as Yutaka Kawai
Love and Duty
1954
A Flame at the Pier
1962
お月様には悪いけど
1954
as ヤーさん
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
as 劉元章
Gendai Mushuku
1958
as Nonomiya Shin
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
as Tateoka
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
as Mitsuhide
A Meeting of Youths
1952
as Haruki Eda
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
as Kawashima
Professional Killers
1973
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Frame of Snow
1955
as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
The Chieko Story
1957
as Kotaro Takamura
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
as Tokusuke Rôjin
The Silent Murder
1959
Main Line to Terror
1975
Repast
1951
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
as Mikami
A Woman Who Convicts Men
1948
Little Peach
1958
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
The Second Is a Christian
1985
as Nakatsugawa
The Lady of Musashino
1951
as Eiji Ono
The Militarists
1970
as Mitsumasa Yonai
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
The Inheritance
1962
as Senzô
Darkness at Noon
1956
as Yuji
A Geisha's Diary
1961
as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
as Toshio Ôki
White Beast
1950
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
as Hôgetsu Shimamura
Miniature
1953
as Wakabayashi
Going West: to the West
1997
as Shogo Kawahara
Senka o koete
1950
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
as Ishigami
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
as Tachibana
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
as Masayuki Hoshina
Netsuai sha
1961
as Murai
Glory on the Summit
1962
Daybreak Chorus
1963
as Shingo Koide
日本敗れず
1954
Okuni and Gohei
1952
as Tomonojo
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Dancing Girl
1951
as Yagi
Till We Meet Again
1955
as Daisuke Kaji
The School of Flesh
1965
Duel in the Sun
1950
as Attorney
Night Butterflies
1957
as Ichiro Shirasawa
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as The husband
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
Striving to Live
1955
Kirare no Senta
1949
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Tange Sazen
1990
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Star of Hong Kong
1962
as Gentaro Sugimoto
His Pistol is Hell
1958
Love's Family Tree
1961
With Songs in My Heart
1958
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
The Cannery Boat
1953
as Matsuki
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
A Second Life
1948
A Public Benefactor
1964
as Kappei Arima
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
as Hirate (Sake brewer)
Sister with Sister
1958
as Michisuke Nishikata
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
Passion Fire
1952
as 奥田金馬太郎
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 185 credits spanning from 1946 to 1997, So Yamamura has appeared in 175 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
- A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948) — as Kijima
- Who Will Judge Me? (1951)
- Burden of Love (1955) — as Jozaburo Araki
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