So Yamamura
- Acting
- February 24, 1910 · Tenri, Nara, Japan
- May 26, 2000
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Going West: to the West · Shogo Kawahara
- Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah · Prime Minister
- The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades · Yagyu Munenori
- Tange Sazen
- Nemuri Kyōshirō
- Tokyo Bordello · Isaburo Okura
- Gung Ho · Mr. Sakamoto
- The Second Is a Christian · Nakatsugawa
- Kanei Command Performance
- Antarctica · Iwakiri Sencho
- The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
- Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest · Yagyu Munenori
- ザ・ハングマン
- Yagyu Abaretabi
- Yagyu's Secret Quest · Yagyu Munenori
- Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo · Masayuki Hoshina
- Pearl · Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
- The Yagyu Conspiracy · Yagyu Munenori
- Shag
- Ningen no Shōmei
- Main Line to Terror
- Prophecies of Nostradamus · Prime Minister Kuroki
- Professional Killers – Assignment by Night · Hanemon(Otowaya)
- Tasukenin Hashiru
- Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry · Hanemon(Otowaya)
- Professional Killers · Hanemon(Otowaya)
- Hijo no License · 矢部
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril · Gômune Jindaiyu
- Professional Killers · Hanemon Otowaya
- Haru no Sakamichi · Tokugawa Ieyasu
- The Militarists · Mitsumasa Yonai
- Tora! Tora! Tora! · Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- Japan's Longest Day · Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
- The Retreat from Kiska · Kawashima
- With Beauty and Sorrow · Toshio Ôki
- The School of Flesh
- Ane to imôto · Yoshirô Takaoka
- A Public Benefactor · Kappei Arima
- Daybreak Chorus · Shingo Koide
- Gang Loyalty and Vengeance · Tachibana
- Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance · Mitsuhide
- The House Where Flowers Bloom
- Ano hito wa ima
- At the Side of the Bridge 3
- Born in Sin
- Diary of a Mad Old Man · Tokusuke Rôjin
- A Flame at the Pier
- Records of loyal vassals
- Glory on the Summit
- Star of Hong Kong · Gentaro Sugimoto
- Akitsu Hot Springs · Mikami
- Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku · Kojiro Yamaguchi
- The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps · Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
- Musume to watashi
- The Inheritance · Senzô
- Drunkard's Paradise
- Yume de aritai
- A Roaring Trade
- Their Legacy
- Love's Family Tree
- The Last War · Prime Minister Masaki
- The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku · Councilor Matsudaira Izu
- Netsuai sha · Murai
- Haitoku no mesu · Naoyuki Nishizawa
- A Geisha's Diary · Kiyomasa Tsutsui
- The Estuary
- The Orphan Brother · Fujiwara No Morozane (Voice)
- An Eagle Eyed Lord
- Epitaph to My Love · Kimura
- Last-Ditch Glory
- Samurai Hawk
- Women of Tokyo · Shoichi Kagami
- The Harbor Lights
- I Am The Magician From Hell
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
- Deep River Melody · Director
- The Sand City in Manchuria · Ishigami
- Life of a Country Doctor
- Ninja Assassins