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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

164 acting

8 crew

Popularity

2.1

Known For

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
★ 7.2
Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
1953 as Koichi Hirayama
★ 8.2
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 as Prime Minister
★ 7.0
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972 as Gômune Jindaiyu
★ 7.2
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
★ 8.1
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 as Tateoka
★ 6.7
Gung Ho
Gung Ho
1986 as Mr. Sakamoto
★ 6.0
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974 as Prime Minister Kuroki
★ 6.0
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day
1967 as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
★ 7.2
Miki, the Swordman
Miki, the Swordman
1951 as Hirate Miki
★ 5.0
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 as Yutaka Kawai
★ 7.5
The Militarists
The Militarists
1970 as Mitsumasa Yonai
★ 8.0
Antarctica
Antarctica
1983 as Iwakiri Sencho
★ 7.2
Tokyo Bordello
Tokyo Bordello
1987 as Isaburo Okura
★ 5.0
The Last War
The Last War
1961 as Prime Minister Masaki
★ 6.3
The Retreat from Kiska
The Retreat from Kiska
1965 as Kawashima
★ 8.3
Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight
1957 as Seki Sekiguchi
★ 7.7
The Inheritance
The Inheritance
1962 as Senzô
★ 7.1
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 as An Lushan
★ 6.7
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 as Governor Tamura
★ 6.0
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962 as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Burden of Love
Burden of Love
1955 as Jozaburo Araki
★ 6.8
Night Butterflies
Night Butterflies
1957 as Ichiro Shirasawa
★ 6.3
Shag
Shag
1978
★ 7.0
My Wonderful Yellow Car
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953 as The husband
★ 6.0
A Geisha's Diary
A Geisha's Diary
1961 as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
★ 7.3
The Orphan Brother
The Orphan Brother
1961 as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
★ 6.2
The Munekata Sisters
The Munekata Sisters
1950 as Ryosuke Mimura
★ 7.0
The Love of the Actress Sumako
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947 as Hôgetsu Shimamura
★ 6.8
Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain
1954 as Ogata Shingo
★ 7.3
Repast
★ 7.6
Little Peach
Little Peach
1958 as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
★ 5.9
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963 as Tachibana
★ 5.0
Akitsu Hot Springs
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962 as Mikami
★ 6.5
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again
1955 as Daisuke Kaji
★ 6.2
The Second Is a Christian
The Second Is a Christian
1985 as Nakatsugawa
★ 5.0
Across the Darkness
Across the Darkness
1959 as Takazawa
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962 as Tokusuke Rôjin
★ 6.5
Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl
1951 as Yagi
★ 6.3
White Beast
★ 5.5
Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun
1950 as Attorney
Ditch
Ditch
1954
★ 7.0
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon
1956 as Yuji
★ 6.6
The Sand City in Manchuria
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960 as Ishigami
★ 6.5
Detective Duel
★ 6.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 as Yasukichi Sakaza
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961 as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
The Lady of Musashino
The Lady of Musashino
1951 as Eiji Ono
★ 5.9
Ghost Story of Youth
Ghost Story of Youth
1955 as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Deep River Melody
★ 6.0
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980 as Masayuki Hoshina
★ 6.0
Police Precinct Part 14
Police Precinct Part 14
1960 as Maruyama
The Cannery Boat
The Cannery Boat
1953 as Matsuki
★ 8.0
Okuni and Gohei
Okuni and Gohei
1952 as Tomonojo
★ 6.4
Haitoku no mesu
Haitoku no mesu
1961 as Naoyuki Nishizawa
Women of Tokyo
Women of Tokyo
1961 as Shoichi Kagami
With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965 as Toshio Ôki
★ 5.5
Hole in One
Hole in One
1957 as Keikichi Shirasu
★ 6.0
Miniature
Miniature
1953 as Wakabayashi
★ 8.0
Ninja Assassins
★ 6.0
The Ataka Family
★ 5.5
Modern People
★ 2.0
If Indeed One Loves
If Indeed One Loves
1955 as Gorô (segment 3)
Star of Hong Kong
Star of Hong Kong
1962 as Gentaro Sugimoto
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950 as Hirate (Sake brewer)
movie
A Public Benefactor
A Public Benefactor
1964 as Kappei Arima
Kagebōshi
Kagebōshi
1950 as 小山田鉄心
Sister with Sister
Sister with Sister
1958 as Michisuke Nishikata
The Purple Hood
★ 5.0
Netsuai sha
Netsuai sha
1961 as Murai
movie
★ 5.2
Victory and Defeat
Victory and Defeat
1960 as Kimpei Minegishi
Roar and Earth
★ 6.0
movie
The Harbor Lights
★ 5.0
Professional Killers
Professional Killers
1973 as Hanemon(Otowaya)
★ 7.5
Nemuri Kyōshirō
★ 7.0
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
★ 10.0
Passion Fire
Passion Fire
1952 as 奥田金馬太郎
Epitaph to My Love
Epitaph to My Love
1961 as Kimura
★ 7.0
Summer in Eclipse
Summer in Eclipse
1956 as Kozo Mishima
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
★ 9.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 as Katsura Kogoro
★ 7.0
Daybreak Chorus
Daybreak Chorus
1963 as Shingo Koide
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
★ 5.0
Hahakogusa
Hahakogusa
1959 as Mr. Fujiki
movie
Frame of Snow
Frame of Snow
1955 as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
恐怖の空中殺人
恐怖の空中殺人
1956 as 劉元章
Going West: to the West
Going West: to the West
1997 as Shogo Kawahara
お月様には悪いけど
お月様には悪いけど
1954 as ヤーさん
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990 as Yagyu Munenori