So Yamamura
Acting
Born: February 24, 1910 · Tenri, Nara, Japan
Died: May 26, 2000 (aged 90)
Highest Rated
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
Tokyo Story
1953
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Gung Ho
1986
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Early Spring
1956
Antarctica
1983
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Repast
1951
Photos (1)
Movies (173)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Governor Tamura
Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gômune Jindaiyu
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
Tokyo Bordello
Isaburo Okura
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
An Lushan
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
The Inheritance
Senzô
Star of Hong Kong
Gentaro Sugimoto
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tateoka
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Tokusuke Rôjin
Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prime Minister Kuroki
Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho
A Geisha's Diary
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kijima
The Last War
Prime Minister Masaki
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
The Munekata Sisters
Ryosuke Mimura
Epitaph to My Love
Kimura
Freedom School
1951
Homecoming
1950
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
Till We Meet Again
Daisuke Kaji
Their Legacy
1962
As Long as I Live
1946
The Militarists
Mitsumasa Yonai
The Retreat from Kiska
Kawashima
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo
The Harbor Lights
1961
The Second Is a Christian
Nakatsugawa
Burden of Love
Jozaburo Araki
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
The Black Current
1954
Akitsu Hot Springs
Mikami
White Beast
1950
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Tachibana
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
Darkness at Noon
Yuji
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Mitsuhide
Love's Family Tree
1961
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Rumba of Passion
1950
With Beauty and Sorrow
Toshio Ôki
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
Records of loyal vassals
1962
Repast
1951
Going West: to the West
Shogo Kawahara
Women of Tokyo
Shoichi Kagami
The Cannery Boat
Matsuki
Tange Sazen
1990
Kanei Command Performance
1983
The Lady of Musashino
Eiji Ono
The Orphan Brother
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
1952
A Public Benefactor
Kappei Arima
The White Orchid
1951
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Frame of Snow
Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Hell's Companion
1959
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Kojiro Yamaguchi
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Main Line to Terror
1975
If Indeed One Loves
Gorô (segment 3)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Striving to Live
1955
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Haha tsubaki
1950
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
The School of Flesh
1965
Little Peach
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Gunrō no machi
1952
恐怖の空中殺人
劉元章
A Flame at the Pier
1962
A Young Samurai
1955
Deep River Melody
1960
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Musume to watashi
1962
Ninja Assassins
1960
Professional Killers
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Detective Duel
1958
お月様には悪いけど
ヤーさん
Gendai Mushuku
Nonomiya Shin
Okuni and Gohei
Tomonojo
I Am The Magician From Hell
1961
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Masayuki Hoshina
Mama's Diary
1954
Modern People
1952
Miniature
Wakabayashi
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Ditch
1954
Hole in One
Keikichi Shirasu
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
Blooms of Hell
1957
The Ataka Family
1952
A Roaring Trade
1962
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Born in Sin
1962
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The husband
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
Duel in the Sun
Attorney
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
Daybreak Chorus
Shingo Koide
Police Precinct Part 14
Maruyama
Kagebōshi
小山田鉄心
Shag
1978
Ghost Story of Youth
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Dancing Girl
Yagi
日本敗れず
1954
Glory on the Summit
1962
The Sand City in Manchuria
Ishigami
Murahachibu
1953
Ane to imôto
Yoshirô Takaoka
Hahakogusa
Mr. Fujiki
The Chieko Story
Kotaro Takamura
Sister with Sister
Michisuke Nishikata
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Yasukichi Sakaza
Netsuai sha
Murai
Love and Duty
1954
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
Last-Ditch Glory
1961
Haitoku no mesu
Naoyuki Nishizawa
The Purple Hood
1958
The Silent Murder
1959
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
Night Butterflies
Ichiro Shirasawa
A Woman's Fight
1949
Roar and Earth
1957
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Yume de aritai
1962
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
Summer in Eclipse
Kozo Mishima
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Hôgetsu Shimamura
A Second Life
1948
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
Yūkyō no mure
1948
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Yagyu Munenori
A Meeting of Youths
Haruki Eda
The Estuary
1961
Miki, the Swordman
Hirate Miki
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Autumn Interlude
Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
Passion Fire
奥田金馬太郎
Ganpeki
1953
The Doctor
1955
Victory and Defeat
Kimpei Minegishi
First Love Story
Shohei Ganmaru
Across the Darkness
Takazawa
Karatachi no hana
1954
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
His Pistol is Hell
1958
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Scarface Senta
1949
Hakuji no hito
Zensuke, Kanako's father
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Katsura Kogoro
With Songs in My Heart
1958
TV Shows (10)
Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya · 33 eps
Haru no Sakamichi
Tokugawa Ieyasu · 52 eps
ザ・ハングマン
23 eps
Pearl
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited) · 2 eps
Tasukenin Hashiru
36 eps
Hijo no License
矢部 · 64 eps
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori · 39 eps
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori · 51 eps
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori · 26 eps
Ningen no Shōmei
13 eps
