So Yamamura
Born February 24, 1910 · Tenri, Nara, Japan
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.
Notable Appearances
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As Long as I Live
Who Will Judge Me?
When It Rains, It Pours
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
The Black Current
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Burden of Love
Epitaph to My Love
Japan's Longest Day
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Tokyo Twilight
The Last War
The Orphan Brother
Early Spring
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tokyo Bordello
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Modern People
Antarctica
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Gunrō no machi
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Love's Family Tree
Rumba of Passion
Frame of Snow
A Geisha's Diary
The Chieko Story
The Munekata Sisters
The Inheritance
Oka wa hanazakari
Night Butterflies
Miniature
お月様には悪いけど
Professional Killers
Diary of a Mad Old Man
With Beauty and Sorrow
The Second Is a Christian
Hell's Juggler
A Meeting of Youths
Love and Duty
Akitsu Hot Springs
The Retreat from Kiska
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Repast
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Darkness at Noon
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Sound of the Mountain
The Militarists
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Star of Hong Kong
Till We Meet Again
Little Peach
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
If Indeed One Loves
Mama's Diary
Autumn Interlude
White Beast
Yagyu Abaretabi
恐怖の空中殺人
The Lady of Musashino
Ano hito wa ima
Tange Sazen
Gendai Mushuku
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
First Love Story
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Main Line to Terror
Okuni and Gohei
The White Orchid
A Public Benefactor
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
The Cannery Boat
Last-Ditch Glory
Netsuai sha
His Pistol is Hell
A Flame at the Pier
Across the Darkness
Born in Sin
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Kanei Command Performance
Ditch
Hibari no komoriuta
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Homecoming
Ninja Assassins
Scarface Senta
The Silent Murder
Glory on the Summit
Dancing Girl
Blooms of Hell
Records of loyal vassals
The House Where Flowers Bloom
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Shag
Kagebōshi
Whirlwind Magistrate
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Deep River Melody
The Sand City in Manchuria
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Oban kanketsu hen
Musume to watashi
At the Side of the Bridge 3
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Riverside Fish Market Empire
日本敗れず
Ganpeki
The School of Flesh
Roar and Earth
The Wind Blows Twice
続べらんめぇ芸者
Hell's Companion
Passion Fire
Duel in the Sun
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
With Songs in My Heart
A Second Life
Ghost Story of Youth
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Daybreak Chorus
Women of Tokyo
Seven Masks of Revenge
Haitoku no mesu
A Roaring Trade
Hole in One
Sister with Sister
A Young Samurai
The Estuary
Murahachibu
Detective Duel
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Hahakogusa
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Miki, the Swordman
Police Precinct Part 14
The Purple Hood
Going West: to the West
Karatachi no hana
白磁の人
Summer in Eclipse
The Ataka Family
Victory and Defeat
Striving to Live
Yūkyō no mure
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
Yume de aritai
A Woman's Fight
The Doctor
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
