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So Yamamura

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.

Born

Feb 24, 1910

Tenri, Nara, Japan

Died

May 26, 2000

Known For

Acting

Movies

181 acting

8 crew

Popularity

1.2

Known For

Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 • as Koichi Hirayama
★ 8.1
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 • as Prime Minister
★ 6.9
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 • as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
★ 7.2
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
★ 8.2
Gung Ho
Gung Ho
1986 • as Mr. Sakamoto
★ 6.1
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day
1967 • as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
★ 7.3
Tokyo Bordello
Tokyo Bordello
1987 • as Isaburo Okura
★ 5.6
Repast
★ 7.6
Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight
1957 • as Seki Sekiguchi
★ 7.7
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974 • as Prime Minister Kuroki
★ 5.7
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 • as Governor Tamura
★ 6.1
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972 • as Gômune Jindaiyu
★ 7.2
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 • as An Lushan
★ 6.7
Antarctica
Antarctica
1983 • as Iwakiri Sencho
★ 7.2
The Inheritance
The Inheritance
1962 • as Senzô
★ 7.3
The Orphan Brother
The Orphan Brother
1961 • as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
★ 6.3
The Second Is a Christian
The Second Is a Christian
1985 • as Nakatsugawa
★ 6.0
The Last War
The Last War
1961 • as Prime Minister Masaki
★ 6.8
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962 • as Tokusuke Rôjin
★ 6.7
The Munekata Sisters
The Munekata Sisters
1950 • as Ryosuke Mimura
★ 7.1
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 • as Yutaka Kawai
★ 7.5
Night Butterflies
Night Butterflies
1957 • as Ichiro Shirasawa
★ 6.5
The Cannery Boat
The Cannery Boat
1953 • as Matsuki
★ 8.5
The Militarists
The Militarists
1970 • as Mitsumasa Yonai
★ 7.5
Little Peach
Little Peach
1958 • as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
★ 6.1
Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl
1951 • as Yagi
★ 6.4
The Love of the Actress Sumako
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947 • as Hôgetsu Shimamura
★ 7.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 • as Yasukichi Sakaza
★ 8.0
Ditch
Ditch
1954
★ 7.5
Modern People
★ 3.2
Akitsu Hot Springs
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962 • as Mikami
★ 6.5
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 • as Mitsuhide
★ 6.9
Star of Hong Kong
Star of Hong Kong
1962 • as Gentaro Sugimoto
★ 8.0
The Black Current
★ 10.0
Detective Duel
★ 6.0
Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain
1954 • as Ogata Shingo
★ 7.4
With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965 • as Toshio Ôki
★ 5.7
Their Legacy
★ 10.0
The Retreat from Kiska
The Retreat from Kiska
1965 • as Kawashima
★ 8.4
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950 • as Hirate (Sake brewer)
White Beast
★ 5.8
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon
1956 • as Yuji
★ 6.9
Victory and Defeat
Victory and Defeat
1960 • as Kimpei Minegishi
★ 8.0
Oka wa hanazakari
★ 9.0
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 • as Tateoka
★ 6.8
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980 • as Masayuki Hoshina
★ 6.0
Okuni and Gohei
Okuni and Gohei
1952 • as Tomonojo
★ 6.3
Burden of Love
Burden of Love
1955 • as Jozaburo Araki
★ 6.8
Musume to watashi
★ 10.0
Professional Killers
Professional Killers
1973 • as Hanemon(Otowaya)
★ 8.0
Epitaph to My Love
Epitaph to My Love
1961 • as Kimura
★ 7.8
Hahakogusa
Hahakogusa
1959 • as Mr. Fujiki
Passion Fire
Passion Fire
1952 • as 奥田金馬太郎
Miniature
Miniature
1953 • as Wakabayashi
★ 7.8
A Geisha's Diary
A Geisha's Diary
1961 • as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
★ 7.5
The Purple Hood
★ 5.4
Haitoku no mesu
Haitoku no mesu
1961 • as Naoyuki Nishizawa
★ 7.0
Roar and Earth
Roar and Earth
1957 • as Kentaro Ukishima
★ 8.0
お月様には悪いけど
お月様には悪いけど
1954 • as ヤーさん
★ 8.0
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
★ 7.3
Shag
Shag
1978
★ 7.5
Nemuri Kyōshirō
★ 7.0
If Indeed One Loves
If Indeed One Loves
1955 • as Gorô (segment 3)
★ 10.0
The Harbor Lights
★ 6.2
Frame of Snow
Frame of Snow
1955 • as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
★ 10.0
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
1962 • as Kojiro Yamaguchi
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962 • as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
★ 8.0
The Sand City in Manchuria
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960 • as Ishigami
★ 6.5
Gendai Mushuku
Gendai Mushuku
1958 • as Nonomiya Shin
Sister with Sister
Sister with Sister
1958 • as Michisuke Nishikata
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961 • as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
Police Precinct Part 14
Police Precinct Part 14
1960 • as Maruyama
Born in Sin
★ 9.0
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again
1955 • as Daisuke Kaji
★ 7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 • as Katsura Kogoro
★ 7.0
恐怖の空中殺人
恐怖の空中殺人
1956 • as 劉元章
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
★ 9.3
Scarface Senta
★ 9.5
Going West: to the West
Going West: to the West
1997 • as Shogo Kawahara
Last-Ditch Glory
★ 10.0
The Chieko Story
The Chieko Story
1957 • as Kotaro Takamura
My Wonderful Yellow Car
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953 • as The husband
★ 7.0
Netsuai sha
Netsuai sha
1961 • as Murai
★ 9.0
Hole in One
Hole in One
1957 • as Keikichi Shirasu
★ 8.0
Deep River Melody
★ 6.0
The Lady of Musashino
The Lady of Musashino
1951 • as Eiji Ono
★ 6.3
Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun
1950 • as Attorney
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990 • as Yagyu Munenori
The Wind Blows Twice
The Wind Blows Twice
1952 • as Takayoshi Michihara
A Meeting of Youths
A Meeting of Youths
1952 • as Haruki Eda
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
★ 10.0
Homecoming
★ 8.0
Hakuji no hito
Hakuji no hito
1957 • as Zensuke, Kanako's father
Ane to imôto
Ane to imôto
1965 • as Yoshirô Takaoka
Autumn Interlude
Autumn Interlude
1954 • as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
Kagebōshi
Kagebōshi
1950 • as 小山田鉄心
Karatachi no hana
★ 10.0
Miki, the Swordman
Miki, the Swordman
1951 • as Hirate Miki
★ 5.0
A Second Life
★ 7.0
movie
movie
The Ataka Family
★ 5.5
movie
★ 6.2
A Public Benefactor
A Public Benefactor
1964 • as Kappei Arima
★ 7.0
Blooms of Hell
★ 9.0
movie
Across the Darkness
Across the Darkness
1959 • as Takazawa
★ 9.0
Ghost Story of Youth
Ghost Story of Youth
1955 • as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
★ 10.0
movie
★ 8.0
First Love Story
First Love Story
1957 • as Shohei Ganmaru
Summer in Eclipse
Summer in Eclipse
1956 • as Kozo Mishima
Daybreak Chorus
Daybreak Chorus
1963 • as Shingo Koide
日本敗れず
★ 7.0
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963 • as Tachibana
★ 5.7
Ninja Assassins
★ 6.0
The Doctor
★ 10.0
Women of Tokyo
Women of Tokyo
1961 • as Shoichi Kagami