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