
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.
Filmography (184)
MOVIEGoing West: to the West1997as Shogo Kawahara
MOVIETokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan1992
MOVIE★ 7.0Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah1991as Prime Minister
MOVIEThe Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades1990as Yagyu Munenori
MOVIETange Sazen1990
MOVIE★ 7.0Nemuri Kyōshirō1989
MOVIE★ 5.6Tokyo Bordello1987as Isaburo Okura
MOVIE★ 6.1Gung Ho1986as Mr. Sakamoto
MOVIE★ 6.0The Second Is a Christian1985as Nakatsugawa
MOVIEKanei Command Performance1983
MOVIE★ 7.2Antarctica1983as Iwakiri Sencho
MOVIE★ 2.5The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S1982
TV★ 10.0Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest1982as Yagyu Munenori
TV★ 10.0ザ・ハングマン1980
MOVIEYagyu Abaretabi1980
TVYagyu's Secret Quest1980as Yagyu Munenori
MOVIE★ 6.0Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo1980as Masayuki Hoshina
TV★ 6.0Pearl1978as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
TV★ 7.7The Yagyu Conspiracy1978as Yagyu Munenori
MOVIE★ 7.5Shag1978
TVNingen no Shōmei1978
MOVIE★ 6.2Main Line to Terror1975
MOVIE★ 5.9Prophecies of Nostradamus1974as Prime Minister Kuroki
MOVIE★ 10.0Professional Killers – Assignment by Night1974as Hanemon(Otowaya)
TVTasukenin Hashiru1973
MOVIE★ 9.3Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry1973as Hanemon(Otowaya)
MOVIE★ 8.0Professional Killers1973as Hanemon(Otowaya)
TVHijo no License1973as 矢部
MOVIE★ 7.3Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril1972as Gômune Jindaiyu
TV★ 8.0Professional Killers1972as Hanemon Otowaya
TVHaru no Sakamichi1971as Tokugawa Ieyasu
MOVIE★ 7.5The Militarists1970as Mitsumasa Yonai
MOVIE★ 7.2Tora! Tora! Tora!1970as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
MOVIE★ 7.3Japan's Longest Day1967as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
MOVIE★ 8.5The Retreat from Kiska1965as Kawashima
MOVIE★ 5.7With Beauty and Sorrow1965as Toshio Ôki
MOVIE★ 5.8The School of Flesh1965
MOVIE★ 7.0A Public Benefactor1964as Kappei Arima
MOVIEDaybreak Chorus1963as Shingo Koide
MOVIE★ 5.7Gang Loyalty and Vengeance1963as Tachibana
MOVIE★ 6.9Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance1963as Mitsuhide
MOVIEThe House Where Flowers Bloom1963
MOVIEAno hito wa ima1963
MOVIEAt the Side of the Bridge 31963
MOVIE★ 9.0Born in Sin1962
MOVIE★ 6.7Diary of a Mad Old Man1962as Tokusuke Rôjin
MOVIE★ 6.1A Flame at the Pier1962
MOVIERecords of loyal vassals1962
MOVIE★ 9.0Glory on the Summit1962
MOVIE★ 8.0Star of Hong Kong1962as Gentaro Sugimoto
MOVIE★ 6.6Akitsu Hot Springs1962as Mikami
MOVIEあの空の果てに星はまたたく1962
MOVIE★ 8.0The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps1962as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
MOVIE★ 10.0Musume to watashi1962
MOVIE★ 7.3The Inheritance1962as Senzô
MOVIEDrunkard's Paradise1962
MOVIEYume de aritai1962
MOVIEA Roaring Trade1962
MOVIE★ 10.0Their Legacy1962
MOVIELove's Family Tree1961
MOVIE★ 6.8The Last War1961as Prime Minister Masaki
MOVIEThe Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku1961as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
MOVIE★ 9.0Netsuai sha1961as Murai
MOVIE★ 7.0Haitoku no mesu1961as Naoyuki Nishizawa
MOVIE★ 7.5A Geisha's Diary1961as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
MOVIEThe Estuary1961
MOVIE★ 6.3The Orphan Brother1961as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0An Eagle Eyed Lord1961
MOVIE★ 7.8Epitaph to My Love1961as Kimura
MOVIE★ 10.0Gonin no totsugeki tai1961- MOVIE★ 6.2Samurai Hawk1961
MOVIEWomen of Tokyo1961as Shoichi Kagami
MOVIE★ 6.3The Harbor Lights1961
MOVIE★ 7.0Hell's Juggler1961
MOVIE★ 10.0The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 41961
MOVIE★ 6.0Deep River Melody1960
MOVIE★ 6.5The Sand City in Manchuria1960as Ishigami
MOVIE★ 8.5Life of a Country Doctor1960
MOVIE★ 6.0Ninja Assassins1960
MOVIEPolice Precinct Part 141960as Maruyama
MOVIE★ 8.0Victory and Defeat1960as Kimpei Minegishi
MOVIERyuji, the Gun Slinger1960- MOVIE★ 9.0The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 21960
MOVIE続べらんめぇ芸者1960
MOVIE★ 9.0Across the Darkness1959as Takazawa
MOVIEThe Silent Murder1959
MOVIE★ 8.0Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord1959
MOVIEHell's Companion1959
MOVIEHahakogusa1959as Mr. Fujiki
MOVIE★ 6.0Whirlwind Magistrate1959
MOVIEThe Bastards of Lawless Town1959
MOVIE★ 8.1The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959as Okishima
MOVIE★ 7.4The 47 Masterless Samurai1959
MOVIE★ 8.0Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 21959
MOVIESister with Sister1958as Michisuke Nishikata
MOVIE★ 5.4The Purple Hood1958
MOVIE★ 6.0The Barbarian and the Geisha1958as Governor Tamura
MOVIEWith Songs in My Heart1958
MOVIE★ 6.0Detective Duel1958
MOVIEOban kanketsu hen1958
MOVIEHis Pistol is Hell1958
MOVIEGendai Mushuku1958as Nonomiya Shin
MOVIE★ 6.1Little Peach1958as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
MOVIE★ 8.0Roar and Earth1957
MOVIE★ 8.0Hole in One1957as Keikichi Shirasu
MOVIEFirst Love Story1957as Shohei Ganmaru
MOVIEThe Chieko Story1957as Kotaro Takamura
MOVIE★ 9.0Jigoku bana1957
MOVIE★ 6.0When It Rains, It Pours1957
MOVIE★ 7.7Tokyo Twilight1957as Seki Sekiguchi
MOVIE★ 6.5Night Butterflies1957as Ichiro Shirasawa
MOVIE★ 6.2Typhoon Over Nagasaki1957
MOVIE白磁の人1957
MOVIE恐怖の空中殺人1956as 劉元章
MOVIE★ 7.0Tsukigata Hanpeita1956as Katsura Kogoro
MOVIESummer in Eclipse1956as Kozo Mishima
MOVIE★ 6.9Darkness at Noon1956as Yuji
MOVIEMa no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi1956
MOVIE★ 7.5Early Spring1956as Yutaka Kawai
MOVIE★ 10.0The Doctor1955
MOVIESeven Masks of Revenge1955
MOVIE★ 10.0If Indeed One Loves1955as Gorô (segment 3)
MOVIE★ 7.0Till We Meet Again1955as Daisuke Kaji
MOVIE★ 6.7Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955as An Lushan
MOVIE★ 10.0Ghost Story of Youth1955as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
MOVIE★ 10.0Frame of Snow1955as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
MOVIEA Young Samurai1955
MOVIE★ 7.1Burden of Love1955as Jozaburo Araki
MOVIEStriving to Live1955
MOVIE美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋1955
MOVIE★ 8.0お月様には悪いけど1954as ヤーさん
MOVIE★ 10.0Karatachi no hana1954
MOVIE★ 7.0日本敗れず1954
MOVIE★ 10.0The Black Current1954
MOVIE★ 7.5Ditch1954
MOVIELove and Duty1954
MOVIEAutumn Interlude1954as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
MOVIEMama's Diary1954
MOVIE★ 7.4Sound of the Mountain1954as Ogata Shingo
MOVIE★ 6.3An Inlet of Muddy Water1953
MOVIE★ 8.2Tokyo Story1953as Koichi Hirayama
MOVIE★ 8.5The Cannery Boat1953as Matsuki
MOVIEGanpeki1953
MOVIE★ 7.8Miniature1953as Wakabayashi
MOVIEMurahachibu1953
MOVIE★ 7.0My Wonderful Yellow Car1953as The husband
MOVIEPassion Fire1952as 奥田金馬太郎
MOVIE★ 9.0Oka wa hanazakari1952
MOVIE★ 8.0The Woman Who Touched the Legs1952as Yasukichi Sakaza
MOVIE★ 3.3Modern People1952
MOVIE★ 5.5The Ataka Family1952
MOVIE★ 9.0Kin no tamago: Golden Girl1952
MOVIE★ 6.3Okuni and Gohei1952as Tomonojo
MOVIERiverside Fish Market Empire1952
MOVIEThe Wind Blows Twice1952
MOVIEA Meeting of Youths1952as Haruki Eda
MOVIEGunrō no machi1952
MOVIE★ 7.6Repast1951
MOVIE★ 5.0Miki, the Swordman1951as Hirate Miki- MOVIEHonoo no hada1951
MOVIE★ 6.0Hibari no komoriuta1951
MOVIE★ 6.2The Lady of Musashino1951as Eiji Ono
MOVIE★ 6.4Dancing Girl1951as Yagi- MOVIEWagtail Tune1951
MOVIE★ 8.0Who Will Judge Me?1951
MOVIEThe White Orchid1951
MOVIERumba of Passion1950
MOVIE★ 8.0Homecoming1950
MOVIETenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog1950as Hirate (Sake brewer)
MOVIE★ 6.7Portrait of Madame Yuki1950as Tateoka- MOVIE★ 8.0Senka o koete1950
MOVIE★ 7.1The Munekata Sisters1950as Ryosuke Mimura
MOVIE★ 5.6White Beast1950- MOVIESong of Love1950
MOVIEDuel in the Sun1950as Attorney
MOVIEZoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu1950
MOVIEKagebōshi1950as 小山田鉄心
MOVIE★ 10.0Kirare no Senta1949
MOVIEA Woman's Fight1949
MOVIEYūkyō no mure1948
MOVIE★ 7.5A Woman in the Typhoon Area1948as Kijima
MOVIE★ 7.0A Second Life1948
MOVIE★ 7.0The Love of the Actress Sumako1947as Hôgetsu Shimamura
MOVIEAs Long as I Live1946