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So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Actor · Born 1910-02-24 · Tenri, Nara, Japan

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Tokyo Story (1953) — Koichi Hirayama
  2. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
  3. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) — Okishima
  4. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) — Prime Minister
  5. Gung Ho (1986) — Mr. Sakamoto
  6. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) — Gômune Jindaiyu
  7. Tokyo Twilight (1957) — Seki Sekiguchi
  8. Early Spring (1956) — Yutaka Kawai
  9. Antarctica (1983) — Iwakiri Sencho
  10. Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) — An Lushan
  11. Sound of the Mountain (1954) — Ogata Shingo
  12. Repast (1951)
  13. The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) — Governor Tamura
  14. The Munekata Sisters (1950) — Ryosuke Mimura
  15. Japan's Longest Day (1967) — Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
  16. The Inheritance (1962) — Senzô
  17. Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) — Tateoka
  18. Akitsu Hot Springs (1962) — Mikami
  19. The Lady of Musashino (1951) — Eiji Ono
  20. Main Line to Terror (1975)
  21. With Beauty and Sorrow (1965) — Toshio Ôki
  22. Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) — Prime Minister Kuroki
  23. Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963) — Mitsuhide
  24. Little Peach (1958) — Heishiro Hirayama, the father
  25. Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1957)
  26. The Last War (1961) — Prime Minister Masaki
  27. A Geisha's Diary (1961) — Kiyomasa Tsutsui
  28. Okuni and Gohei (1952) — Tomonojo
  29. The Orphan Brother (1961) — Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
  30. White Beast (1950)
  31. Dancing Girl (1951) — Yagi
  32. A Flame at the Pier (1962)
  33. Tokyo Bordello (1987) — Isaburo Okura
  34. An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
  35. Burden of Love (1955) — Jozaburo Araki
  36. Pearl (1978) — Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
  37. The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) — Hôgetsu Shimamura
  38. Samurai Hawk (1961)
  39. The 47 Masterless Samurai (1959)
  40. The Retreat from Kiska (1965) — Kawashima

Directed

  1. The Cannery Boat (1953) — Director
  2. The Doctor (1955) — Director
  3. Deep River Melody (1960) — Director
  4. The Black Current (1954) — Director
  5. Hahakogusa (1959) — Director
  6. Kashima-nada no onna (1959) — Director