So Yamamura
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 24, 1910
- Died
- May 26, 2000 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Going West: to the West
Movie · as Shogo Kawahara
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Movie
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Movie · as Prime Minister
Tange Sazen
Movie
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Movie · as Yagyu Munenori
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Movie
Tokyo Bordello
Movie · as Isaburo Okura
Gung Ho
Movie · as Mr. Sakamoto
The Second Is a Christian
Movie · as Nakatsugawa
Antarctica
Movie · as Iwakiri Sencho
Kanei Command Performance
Movie
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Movie
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
TV · as Yagyu Munenori · 26 eps
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Movie · as Masayuki Hoshina
Yagyu Abaretabi
Movie
ザ・ハングマン
TV · 23 eps
Yagyu's Secret Quest
TV · as Yagyu Munenori · 51 eps
Shag
Movie
Ningen no Shōmei
TV · 13 eps
Pearl
TV · as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited) · 2 eps
The Yagyu Conspiracy
TV · as Yagyu Munenori · 39 eps
Main Line to Terror
Movie
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Movie · as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Movie · as Prime Minister Kuroki
Professional Killers
Movie · as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Movie · as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Hijo no License
TV · as 矢部 · 64 eps
Tasukenin Hashiru
TV · 36 eps
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Movie · as Gômune Jindaiyu
Professional Killers
TV · as Hanemon Otowaya · 33 eps
Haru no Sakamichi
TV · as Tokugawa Ieyasu · 52 eps
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
The Militarists
Movie · as Mitsumasa Yonai
Japan's Longest Day
Movie · as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
With Beauty and Sorrow
Movie · as Toshio Ôki
The School of Flesh
Movie
The Retreat from Kiska
Movie · as Kawashima
Ane to imôto
Movie · as Yoshirô Takaoka
A Public Benefactor
Movie · as Kappei Arima
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Movie · as Mitsuhide
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Movie · as Tachibana
Ano hito wa ima
Movie
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Movie
Daybreak Chorus
Movie · as Shingo Koide
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Movie
Yume de aritai
Movie
Musume to watashi
Movie
Star of Hong Kong
Movie · as Gentaro Sugimoto
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Movie · as Kojiro Yamaguchi
The Inheritance
Movie · as Senzô
Records of loyal vassals
Movie
A Roaring Trade
Movie
A Flame at the Pier
Movie
Akitsu Hot Springs
Movie · as Mikami
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Movie · as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Movie · as Tokusuke Rôjin
Drunkard's Paradise
Movie
Born in Sin
Movie
Glory on the Summit
Movie
Their Legacy
Movie
Last-Ditch Glory
Movie
The Estuary
Movie
The Last War
Movie · as Prime Minister Masaki
Love's Family Tree
Movie
Women of Tokyo
Movie · as Shoichi Kagami
Samurai Hawk
Movie
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Movie · as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Movie
A Geisha's Diary
Movie · as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Epitaph to My Love
Movie · as Kimura
The Orphan Brother
Movie · as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
The Harbor Lights
Movie
I Am The Magician From Hell
Movie
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Movie
Haitoku no mesu
Movie · as Naoyuki Nishizawa
Netsuai sha
Movie · as Murai
Police Precinct Part 14
Movie · as Maruyama
Victory and Defeat
Movie · as Kimpei Minegishi
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Movie
The Sand City in Manchuria
Movie · as Ishigami
Deep River Melody
Movie
Life of a Country Doctor
Movie
Ninja Assassins
Movie
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Movie
続べらんめぇ芸者
Movie
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie · as Okishima
Hell's Companion
Movie
Hahakogusa
Movie · as Mr. Fujiki
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Movie
Whirlwind Magistrate
Movie
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Movie
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Movie
Across the Darkness
Movie · as Takazawa
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Movie
The Silent Murder
Movie
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Movie · as Governor Tamura
Oban kanketsu hen
Movie
Little Peach
Movie · as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
With Songs in My Heart
Movie
Sister with Sister
Movie · as Michisuke Nishikata
Detective Duel
Movie
The Purple Hood
Movie
His Pistol is Hell
Movie
Gendai Mushuku
Movie · as Nonomiya Shin
Tokyo Twilight
Movie · as Seki Sekiguchi
Hole in One
Movie · as Keikichi Shirasu
Hakuji no hito
Movie · as Zensuke, Kanako's father
Night Butterflies
Movie · as Ichiro Shirasawa
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Movie
When It Rains, It Pours
Movie
Blooms of Hell
Movie
Roar and Earth
Movie · as Kentaro Ukishima
The Chieko Story
Movie · as Kotaro Takamura
First Love Story
Movie · as Shohei Ganmaru
Early Spring
Movie · as Yutaka Kawai
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Movie
Darkness at Noon
Movie · as Yuji
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Movie · as Katsura Kogoro
Summer in Eclipse
Movie · as Kozo Mishima
恐怖の空中殺人
Movie · as 劉元章
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
Movie
Striving to Live
Movie
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Movie · as An Lushan
The Doctor
Movie
Burden of Love
Movie · as Jozaburo Araki
Seven Masks of Revenge
Movie
Till We Meet Again
Movie · as Daisuke Kaji
Ghost Story of Youth
Movie · as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
If Indeed One Loves
Movie · as Gorô (segment 3)
A Young Samurai
Movie
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
Movie
Frame of Snow
Movie · as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
Sound of the Mountain
Movie · as Ogata Shingo
Ditch
Movie
The Black Current
Movie
Love and Duty
Movie
Karatachi no hana
Movie
日本敗れず
Movie
お月様には悪いけど
Movie · as ヤーさん
Autumn Interlude
Movie · as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
Mama's Diary
Movie
Tokyo Story
Movie · as Koichi Hirayama
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Movie
Murahachibu
Movie
Miniature
Movie · as Wakabayashi
The Cannery Boat
Movie · as Matsuki
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Movie · as The husband
Ganpeki
Movie
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Movie
Passion Fire
Movie · as 奥田金馬太郎
Modern People
Movie
The Wind Blows Twice
Movie · as Takayoshi Michihara
The Ataka Family
Movie
Okuni and Gohei
Movie · as Tomonojo
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Movie · as Yasukichi Sakaza
Oka wa hanazakari
Movie
A Meeting of Youths
Movie · as Haruki Eda
Gunrō no machi
Movie
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
Movie
Who Will Judge Me?
Movie
Repast
Movie
Dancing Girl
Movie · as Yagi
The Lady of Musashino
Movie · as Eiji Ono
Miki, the Swordman
Movie · as Hirate Miki
Honoo no hada
Movie
Hibari no komoriuta
Movie
The White Orchid
Movie
Wagtail Tune
Movie
Freedom School
Movie
Duel in the Sun
Movie · as Attorney
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Movie · as Hirate (Sake brewer)
Song of Love
Movie
The Munekata Sisters
Movie · as Ryosuke Mimura
White Beast
Movie
Kagebōshi
Movie · as 小山田鉄心
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Movie · as Tateoka
Crossing the Flames of War
Movie
Rumba of Passion
Movie
Homecoming
Movie
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Movie
Haha tsubaki
Movie
Scarface Senta
Movie
A Woman's Fight
Movie
Maboroshi fujin
Movie
Yūkyō no mure
Movie
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Movie · as Kijima
A Second Life
Movie
A Woman Who Convicts Men
Movie
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Movie · as Hôgetsu Shimamura
As Long as I Live
Movie