So Yamamura
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 (165)
Going West: to the West
1997
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
Tange Sazen
1990
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Gung Ho
1986
The Second Is a Christian
1985
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Antarctica
1983
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
Shag
1978
Main Line to Terror
1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
Professional Killers
1973
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
The Militarists
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Japan's Longest Day
1967
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
The School of Flesh
1965
A Public Benefactor
1964
Daybreak Chorus
1963
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Ano hito wa ima
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Born in Sin
1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
A Flame at the Pier
1962
Records of loyal vassals
1962
Glory on the Summit
1962
Star of Hong Kong
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
Musume to watashi
1962
The Inheritance
1962
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Yume de aritai
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
Their Legacy
1962
Love's Family Tree
1961
The Last War
1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
Netsuai sha
1961
Haitoku no mesu
1961
A Geisha's Diary
1961
The Estuary
1961
The Orphan Brother
1961
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
Epitaph to My Love
1961
Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961
Women of Tokyo
1961
The Harbor Lights
1961
Hell's Juggler
1961
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Deep River Melody
1960
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Ninja Assassins
1960
Police Precinct Part 14
1960
Victory and Defeat
1960
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Across the Darkness
1959
The Silent Murder
1959
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
Hell's Companion
1959
Hahakogusa
1959
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Sister with Sister
1958
The Purple Hood
1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
With Songs in My Heart
1958
Detective Duel
1958
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
His Pistol is Hell
1958
Little Peach
1958
Roar and Earth
1957
Hole in One
1957
First Love Story
1957
The Chieko Story
1957
Jigoku bana
1957
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Night Butterflies
1957
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
白磁の人
1957
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Summer in Eclipse
1956
Darkness at Noon
1956
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
Early Spring
1956
The Doctor
1955
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
If Indeed One Loves
1955
Till We Meet Again
1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
Frame of Snow
1955
A Young Samurai
1955
Burden of Love
1955
Striving to Live
1955
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
お月様には悪いけど
1954
Karatachi no hana
1954
日本敗れず
1954
The Black Current
1954
Ditch
1954
Love and Duty
1954
Autumn Interlude
1954
Sound of the Mountain
1954
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Tokyo Story
1953
The Cannery Boat
1953
Ganpeki
1953
Miniature
1953
Murahachibu
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
Passion Fire
1952
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
Modern People
1952
The Ataka Family
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Okuni and Gohei
1952
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
A Meeting of Youths
1952
Repast
1951
Miki, the Swordman
1951
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Dancing Girl
1951
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
The White Orchid
1951
Rumba of Passion
1950
Homecoming
1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
The Munekata Sisters
1950
White Beast
1950
Duel in the Sun
1950
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
Kagebōshi
1950
Kirare no Senta
1949
A Woman's Fight
1949
Yūkyō no mure
1948
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
A Second Life
1948
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
As Long as I Live
1946
