Person
So Yamamura
Acting · 1910–2000 · Tenri, Nara, Japan
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
Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
Haru no Sakamichi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
ザ・ハングマン
1980
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Filmography
- 1997Going West: to the WestShogo Kawahara
- 1992Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
- 1991Godzilla vs. King GhidorahPrime Minister
- 1990The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty BladesYagyu Munenori
- 1990Tange Sazen
- 1989Nemuri Kyōshirō
- 1987Tokyo BordelloIsaburo Okura
- 1986Gung HoMr. Sakamoto
- 1985The Second Is a ChristianNakatsugawa
- 1983Kanei Command Performance
- 1983AntarcticaIwakiri Sencho
- 1982The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
- 1982Yagyu Jubei Secret QuestYagyu Munenori
- 1980ザ・ハングマン
- 1980Yagyu Abaretabi
- 1980Yagyu's Secret QuestYagyu Munenori
- 1980Shadow Warriors: Hattori HanzoMasayuki Hoshina
- 1978PearlAdmiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
- 1978The Yagyu ConspiracyYagyu Munenori
- 1978Shag
- 1978Ningen no Shōmei
- 1975Main Line to Terror
- 1974Prophecies of NostradamusPrime Minister Kuroki
- 1974Professional Killers – Assignment by NightHanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973Tasukenin Hashiru
- 1973Professional Killers – Assassin's QuarryHanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973Professional KillersHanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973Hijo no License矢部
- 1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in PerilGômune Jindaiyu
- 1972Professional KillersHanemon Otowaya
- 1971Haru no SakamichiTokugawa Ieyasu
- 1970The MilitaristsMitsumasa Yonai
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1967Japan's Longest DayNavy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
- 1965The Retreat from KiskaKawashima
- 1965With Beauty and SorrowToshio Ôki
- 1965The School of Flesh
- 1964A Public BenefactorKappei Arima
- 1963Daybreak ChorusShingo Koide
- 1963Gang Loyalty and VengeanceTachibana
- 1963Shinobi no Mono 2: VengeanceMitsuhide
- 1963The House Where Flowers Bloom
- 1963Ano hito wa ima
- 1963At the Side of the Bridge 3
- 1962Born in Sin
- 1962Diary of a Mad Old ManTokusuke Rôjin
- 1962A Flame at the Pier
- 1962Records of loyal vassals
- 1962Glory on the Summit
- 1962Star of Hong KongGentaro Sugimoto
- 1962Akitsu Hot SpringsMikami
- 1962あの空の果てに星はまたたく
- 1962The Pacific War and Himeyuri CorpsTaiwan Army Chief of Staff
- 1962Musume to watashi
- 1962The InheritanceSenzô
- 1962Drunkard's Paradise
- 1962Yume de aritai
- 1962A Roaring Trade
- 1962Their Legacy
- 1961Love's Family Tree
- 1961The Last WarPrime Minister Masaki
- 1961The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-KokuCouncilor Matsudaira Izu
- 1961Netsuai shaMurai
- 1961Haitoku no mesuNaoyuki Nishizawa
- 1961A Geisha's DiaryKiyomasa Tsutsui
- 1961The Estuary
- 1961The Orphan BrotherFujiwara No Morozane (voice)
- 1961An Eagle Eyed Lord
- 1961Epitaph to My LoveKimura
- 1961Gonin no totsugeki tai
- 1961Samurai Hawk
- 1961Women of TokyoShoichi Kagami
- 1961The Harbor Lights
- 1961Hell's Juggler
- 1961The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
- 1960Deep River Melody
- 1960The Sand City in ManchuriaIshigami
- 1960Life of a Country Doctor
- 1960Ninja Assassins
- 1960Police Precinct Part 14Maruyama
- 1960Victory and DefeatKimpei Minegishi
- 1960Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
- 1960The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
- 1960続べらんめぇ芸者
- 1959Across the DarknessTakazawa
- 1959Kashima-nada no onnaDirector
- 1959The Silent Murder
- 1959Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
- 1959Hell's Companion
- 1959HahakogusaMr. Fujiki
- 1959Whirlwind Magistrate
- 1959The Bastards of Lawless Town
- 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveOkishima
- 1959The 47 Masterless Samurai
- 1959Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
- 1958Sister with SisterMichisuke Nishikata
- 1958The Purple Hood
- 1958The Barbarian and the GeishaGovernor Tamura
- 1958With Songs in My Heart
- 1958Detective Duel
- 1958Oban kanketsu hen
- 1958His Pistol is Hell
- 1958Gendai MushukuNonomiya Shin
- 1958Little PeachHeishiro Hirayama, the father
- 1957Roar and Earth
- 1957Hole in OneKeikichi Shirasu
- 1957First Love StoryShohei Ganmaru
- 1957The Chieko StoryKotaro Takamura
- 1957Jigoku bana
- 1957When It Rains, It Pours
- 1957Tokyo TwilightSeki Sekiguchi
- 1957Night ButterfliesIchiro Shirasawa
- 1957Typhoon Over Nagasaki
- 1957白磁の人
- 1956恐怖の空中殺人劉元章
- 1956Tsukigata HanpeitaKatsura Kogoro
- 1956Summer in EclipseKozo Mishima
- 1956Darkness at NoonYuji
- 1956Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
- 1956Early SpringYutaka Kawai
- 1955The Doctor
- 1955Seven Masks of Revenge
- 1955If Indeed One LovesGorô (segment 3)
- 1955Till We Meet AgainDaisuke Kaji
- 1955Princess Yang Kwei-feiAn Lushan
- 1955Ghost Story of YouthTetsuya, father of Chiharu
- 1955Frame of SnowAmagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
- 1955A Young Samurai
- 1955Burden of LoveJozaburo Araki
- 1955Striving to Live
- 1955美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
- 1954お月様には悪いけどヤーさん
- 1954Karatachi no hana
- 1954日本敗れず
- 1954The Black Current
- 1954Ditch
- 1954Love and Duty
- 1954Autumn InterludeSotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
- 1954Mama's Diary
- 1954Sound of the MountainOgata Shingo
- 1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
- 1953Tokyo StoryKoichi Hirayama
- 1953The Cannery BoatMatsuki
- 1953Ganpeki
- 1953MiniatureWakabayashi
- 1953Murahachibu
- 1953My Wonderful Yellow CarThe husband
- 1952Passion Fire奥田金馬太郎
- 1952Oka wa hanazakari
- 1952The Woman Who Touched the LegsYasukichi Sakaza
- 1952Modern People
- 1952The Ataka Family
- 1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
- 1952Okuni and GoheiTomonojo
- 1952Riverside Fish Market Empire
- 1952The Wind Blows Twice
- 1952A Meeting of YouthsHaruki Eda
- 1952Gunrō no machi
- 1951Repast
- 1951Miki, the SwordmanHirate Miki
- 1951Honoo no hada
- 1951Hibari no komoriuta
- 1951The Lady of MusashinoEiji Ono
- 1951Dancing GirlYagi
- 1951Wagtail Tune
- 1951Who Will Judge Me?
- 1951The White Orchid
- 1950Rumba of Passion
- 1950Homecoming
- 1950Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night FogHirate (Sake brewer)
- 1950Portrait of Madame YukiTateoka
- 1950Senka o koete
- 1950The Munekata SistersRyosuke Mimura
- 1950White Beast
- 1950Song of Love
- 1950Duel in the SunAttorney
- 1950Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
- 1950Kagebōshi小山田鉄心
- 1949Kirare no Senta
- 1949A Woman's Fight
- 1948Yūkyō no mure
- 1948A Woman in the Typhoon AreaKijima
- 1948A Second Life
- 1947The Love of the Actress SumakoHôgetsu Shimamura
- 1946As Long as I Live
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