So Yamamura
Feb 24, 1910 - May 26, 2000 (90 years old) in Tenri, Nara, Japan
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
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya
Haru no Sakamichi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Credits
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Shogo Kawahara★ NR -
★ NR -
Prime Minister★ 7 -
Tange Sazen 1990★ NR -
Nemuri Kyōshirō 1989★ 7 -
Tokyo Bordello 1987Isaburo Okura★ 5 -
Gung Ho 1986Mr. Sakamoto★ 6 -
Nakatsugawa★ 5 -
★ NR -
Antarctica 1983Iwakiri Sencho★ 7.1 -
★ 2.5 -
Yagyu Munenori★ 10 -
ザ・ハングマン 1980★ 10 -
Yagyu Abaretabi 1980★ NR -
Yagyu's Secret Quest 1980Yagyu Munenori★ NR -
Masayuki Hoshina★ 8 -
Pearl 1978Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)★ 5.5 -
The Yagyu Conspiracy 1978Yagyu Munenori★ 7 -
Shag 1978★ 7 -
Ningen no Shōmei 1978★ NR -
Main Line to Terror 1975★ 6 -
Prime Minister Kuroki★ 6 -
Hanemon(Otowaya)★ 10 -
Hanemon(Otowaya)★ 9 -
Professional Killers 1973Hanemon(Otowaya)★ 7.5 -
Hijo no License 1973矢部★ NR -
Gômune Jindaiyu★ 7.3 -
Haru no Sakamichi 1971Tokugawa Ieyasu★ NR -
The Militarists 1970Mitsumasa Yonai★ 8 -
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto★ 7.1 -
Japan's Longest Day 1967Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai★ 7.2 -
Kawashima★ 8.3 -
Toshio Ôki★ 5.5 -
The School of Flesh 1965★ 4.7 -
A Public Benefactor 1964Kappei Arima★ NR -
Daybreak Chorus 1963Shingo Koide★ NR -
Tachibana★ 5 -
★ 6.8 -
Ano hito wa ima 1963★ NR -
★ NR -
Born in Sin 1962★ NR -
Tokusuke Rôjin★ 6.5 -
A Flame at the Pier 1962★ 6 -
★ NR -
Glory on the Summit 1962★ NR -
Star of Hong Kong 1962Gentaro Sugimoto★ NR -
Akitsu Hot Springs 1962Mikami★ 6.5 -
あの空の果てに星はまたたく 1962★ NR -
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff★ NR -
Musume to watashi 1962★ NR -
The Inheritance 1962Senzô★ 7.2 -
Drunkard's Paradise 1962★ NR -
Yume de aritai 1962★ NR -
A Roaring Trade 1962★ NR -
Their Legacy 1962★ NR -
Love's Family Tree 1961★ NR -
The Last War 1961Prime Minister Masaki★ 6.2 -
Councilor Matsudaira Izu★ NR -
Netsuai sha 1961Murai★ NR -
Haitoku no mesu 1961Naoyuki Nishizawa★ NR -
A Geisha's Diary 1961Kiyomasa Tsutsui★ 7.4 -
The Estuary 1961★ NR -
The Orphan Brother 1961Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)★ 6 -
An Eagle Eyed Lord 1961★ NR -
Epitaph to My Love 1961Kimura★ 7 -
★ NR -
Samurai Hawk 1961★ 5.2 -
Women of Tokyo 1961Shoichi Kagami★ NR -
The Harbor Lights 1961★ 5 -
Hell's Juggler 1961★ NR -
★ NR -
Deep River Melody 1960★ 6 -
Ishigami★ 6.5 -
★ NR -
Ninja Assassins 1960★ 6 -
Maruyama★ NR -
Victory and Defeat 1960Kimpei Minegishi★ NR -
★ NR -
★ NR
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続べらんめぇ芸者 1960★ NR -
Across the Darkness 1959Takazawa★ NR -
★ 6 -
Hell's Companion 1959★ NR -
Hahakogusa 1959Mr. Fujiki★ NR -
Whirlwind Magistrate 1959★ 5.5 -
★ NR -
Okishima★ 8.1 -
★ 7.2 -
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Sister with Sister 1958Michisuke Nishikata★ NR -
The Purple Hood 1958★ 5 -
Governor Tamura★ 5.9 -
★ NR -
Detective Duel 1958★ 6 -
Oban kanketsu hen 1958★ NR -
His Pistol is Hell 1958★ NR -
Little Peach 1958Heishiro Hirayama, the father★ 5.9 -
Roar and Earth 1957★ 6 -
Hole in One 1957Keikichi Shirasu★ 6 -
Jigoku bana 1957★ NR -
★ 6 -
Tokyo Twilight 1957Seki Sekiguchi★ 7.7 -
Night Butterflies 1957Ichiro Shirasawa★ 6.3 -
★ 6.2 -
白磁の人 1957★ NR -
恐怖の空中殺人 1956劉元章★ NR -
Tsukigata Hanpeita 1956Katsura Kogoro★ 7 -
Summer in Eclipse 1956Kozo Mishima★ NR -
Darkness at Noon 1956Yuji★ 6.6 -
春のみづうみ 1956★ NR -
Early Spring 1956Yutaka Kawai★ 7.5 -
The Doctor 1955★ NR -
★ NR -
Ai Sureba Koso 1955Gorô (segment 3)★ NR -
Till We Meet Again 1955Daisuke Kaji★ 6.2 -
An Lushan★ 6.7 -
Ghost Story of Youth 1955Tetsuya, father of Chiharu★ NR -
Frame of Snow 1955Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)★ NR -
A Young Samurai 1955★ NR -
Burden of Love 1955Jozaburo Araki★ 6.8 -
Striving to Live 1955★ NR -
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋 1955★ NR -
お月様には悪いけど 1954ヤーさん★ NR -
Karatachi no hana 1954★ NR -
日本敗れず 1954★ NR -
The Black Current 1954★ NR -
Ditch 1954★ 7 -
Love and Duty 1954★ NR -
Ogata Shingo★ 7.3 -
★ 6.1 -
Tokyo Story 1953Koichi Hirayama★ 8.2 -
The Cannery Boat 1953Matsuki★ 8 -
Ganpeki 1953★ NR -
Miniature 1953Wakabayashi★ 8 -
Murahachibu 1953★ NR -
The husband★ 6 -
Passion Fire 1952奥田金馬太郎★ NR -
Oka wa hanazakari 1952★ NR
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Yasukichi Sakaza★ NR -
Modern People 1952★ 2 -
The Ataka Family 1952★ 5.5 -
★ NR -
Okuni and Gohei 1952Tomonojo★ 6.4 -
★ NR -
The Wind Blows Twice 1952★ NR -
Repast 1951★ 7.6 -
Miki, the Swordman 1951Hirate Miki★ 5 -
Honoo no hada 1951★ NR
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Hibari no komoriuta 1951★ 6 -
Eiji Ono★ 5.9 -
Dancing Girl 1951Yagi★ 6.3 -
Who Will Judge Me? 1951★ NR -
The White Orchid 1951★ NR -
Rumba of Passion 1950★ NR -
Homecoming 1950★ NR -
Hirate (Sake brewer)★ NR -
Tateoka★ 6.7 -
Senka o koete 1950★ NR
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The Munekata Sisters 1950Ryosuke Mimura★ 7 -
White Beast 1950★ 5.5 -
Song of Love 1950★ NR
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Duel in the Sun 1950Attorney★ NR -
★ NR -
Kagebōshi 1950小山田鉄心★ NR -
Kirare no Senta 1949★ NR -
A Woman's Fight 1949★ NR -
Yūkyō no mure 1948★ NR -
Kijima★ 5 -
A Second Life 1948★ NR -
Hôgetsu Shimamura★ 6.8 -
As Long as I Live 1946★ NR