So Yamamura
Actor
Born February 24, 1910 in 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.
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
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
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
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
Gonin no totsugeki tai
Women of Tokyo
Shoichi Kagami
The Harbor Lights
Hell's Juggler
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Deep River Melody
The Sand City in Manchuria
Ishigami
Life of a Country Doctor
Ninja Assassins
Police Precinct Part 14
Maruyama
Victory and Defeat
Kimpei Minegishi
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
続べらんめぇ芸者
Across the Darkness
Takazawa
Kashima-nada no onna
The Silent Murder
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Hell's Companion
Hahakogusa
Mr. Fujiki
Whirlwind Magistrate
The Bastards of Lawless Town
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Sister with Sister
Michisuke Nishikata
The Purple Hood
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Governor Tamura
With Songs in My Heart
Detective Duel
Oban kanketsu hen
His Pistol is Hell
Gendai Mushuku
Nonomiya Shin
Little Peach
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Roar and Earth
Hole in One
Keikichi Shirasu
First Love Story
Shohei Ganmaru
The Chieko Story
Kotaro Takamura
Jigoku bana
When It Rains, It Pours
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
Night Butterflies
Ichiro Shirasawa
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
白磁の人
恐怖の空中殺人
劉元章
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Katsura Kogoro
Summer in Eclipse
Kozo Mishima
Darkness at Noon
Yuji
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai
The Doctor
Seven Masks of Revenge
If Indeed One Loves
Gorô (segment 3)
Till We Meet Again
Daisuke Kaji
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
An Lushan
Ghost Story of Youth
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Frame of Snow
Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
A Young Samurai
Burden of Love
Jozaburo Araki
Striving to Live
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
お月様には悪いけど
ヤーさん
Karatachi no hana
日本敗れず
The Black Current
Ditch
Love and Duty
Autumn Interlude
Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
Mama's Diary
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
The Cannery Boat
Matsuki
Ganpeki
Miniature
Wakabayashi
Murahachibu
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The husband
Passion Fire
奥田金馬太郎
Oka wa hanazakari
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Yasukichi Sakaza
Modern People
The Ataka Family
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Okuni and Gohei
Tomonojo
Riverside Fish Market Empire
The Wind Blows Twice
A Meeting of Youths
Haruki Eda
Gunrō no machi
Repast
Miki, the Swordman
Hirate Miki
Hibari no komoriuta
The Lady of Musashino
Eiji Ono
Dancing Girl
Yagi
Who Will Judge Me?
The White Orchid
Rumba of Passion
Homecoming
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tateoka
The Munekata Sisters
Ryosuke Mimura
White Beast
Duel in the Sun
Attorney
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Kagebōshi
小山田鉄心
Kirare no Senta
A Woman's Fight
Yūkyō no mure
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kijima
A Second Life
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Hôgetsu Shimamura
As Long as I Live