So Yamamura
Born: 1910-02-24
Place of Birth: Tenri, Nara, Japan
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
The Harbor Lights
1961★ 5.0
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948★ 5.0
Tange Sazen
1990★ 0.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956★ 7.0
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958★ 5.9
Gung Ho
1986★ 6.0
Who Will Judge Me?
1951★ 0.0
As Long as I Live
1946★ 0.0
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970★ 7.1
Tokyo Story
1953★ 8.2
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959★ 8.1
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982★ 2.5
Miniature
1953★ 8.0
Love's Family Tree
1961★ 0.0
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972★ 7.2
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974★ 6.0
Japan's Longest Day
1967★ 7.2
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991★ 6.9
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955★ 6.7
Tokyo Bordello
1987★ 5.0
Antarctica
1983★ 7.2
Repast
1951★ 7.5
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963★ 6.8
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980★ 8.0
The Inheritance
1962★ 7.2
Passion Fire
1952★ 0.0
Miki, the Swordman
1951★ 5.0
Early Spring
1956★ 7.5
Ghost Story of Youth
1955★ 0.0
The Lady of Musashino
1951★ 5.9
Night Butterflies
1957★ 6.3
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947★ 6.8
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962★ 6.5
The Orphan Brother
1961★ 6.0
Sound of the Mountain
1954★ 7.3
The Last War
1961★ 6.2
Little Peach
1958★ 5.9
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962★ 0.0
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962★ 6.5
The Munekata Sisters
1950★ 7.0
Darkness at Noon
1956★ 6.6
Netsuai sha
1961★ 0.0
The Second Is a Christian
1985★ 5.0
A Flame at the Pier
1962★ 6.0
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950★ 0.0
Till We Meet Again
1955★ 6.2
Striving to Live
1955★ 0.0
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959★ 5.5
The Estuary
1961★ 0.0
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963★ 0.0
Kagebōshi
1950★ 0.0
Yūkyō no mure
1948★ 0.0
The White Orchid
1951★ 0.0
Hibari no komoriuta
1951★ 6.0
Dancing Girl
1951★ 6.3
白磁の人
1957★ 0.0
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959★ 0.0
Women of Tokyo
1961★ 0.0
A Geisha's Diary
1961★ 7.4
White Beast
1950★ 5.5
Professional Killers
1973★ 7.5
With Songs in My Heart
1958★ 0.0
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960★ 6.5
The Militarists
1970★ 8.0
Hole in One
1957★ 6.0
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950★ 6.7
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952★ 0.0
The Wind Blows Twice
1952★ 0.0
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959★ 6.0
Glory on the Summit
1962★ 0.0
The Doctor
1955★ 0.0
Duel in the Sun
1950★ 0.0
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992★ 0.0
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961★ 0.0
Detective Duel
1958★ 6.0
Victory and Defeat
1960★ 0.0
Main Line to Terror
1975★ 6.0
Star of Hong Kong
1962★ 0.0
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965★ 5.4
Shag
1978★ 7.0
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953★ 6.1
Ai Sureba Koso
1955★ 0.0
Records of loyal vassals
1962★ 0.0
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961★ 0.0
Ditch
1954★ 7.0
The Cannery Boat
1953★ 8.0
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950★ 0.0
Epitaph to My Love
1961★ 7.0
Born in Sin
1962★ 0.0
Musume to watashi
1962★ 0.0
Haitoku no mesu
1961★ 0.0
Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961★ 0.0
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959★ 7.2
The School of Flesh
1965★ 4.7
Ninja Assassins
1960★ 6.0
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963★ 5.0
A Young Samurai
1955★ 0.0
日本敗れず
1954★ 0.0
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959★ 0.0
Modern People
1952★ 2.0
The Ataka Family
1952★ 5.5
Sister with Sister
1958★ 0.0
The Retreat from Kiska
1965★ 8.3
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955★ 0.0
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962★ 0.0
Homecoming
1950★ 0.0
Burden of Love
1955★ 6.8
Jigoku bana
1957★ 0.0
Okuni and Gohei
1952★ 6.4
Hell's Companion
1959★ 0.0
Ano hito wa ima
1963★ 0.0
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953★ 6.0
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952★ 0.0
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960★ 0.0
A Second Life
1948★ 0.0
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952★ 0.0
Ganpeki
1953★ 0.0
春のみづうみ
1956★ 0.0
Police Precinct Part 14
1960★ 0.0
Murahachibu
1953★ 0.0
His Pistol is Hell
1958★ 0.0
Deep River Melody
1960★ 6.0
Across the Darkness
1959★ 0.0
Yume de aritai
1962★ 0.0
Kirare no Senta
1949★ 0.0
Roar and Earth
1957★ 6.0
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960★ 0.0
A Public Benefactor
1964★ 0.0
Oban kanketsu hen
1958★ 0.0
Hahakogusa
1959★ 0.0
Frame of Snow
1955★ 0.0
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974★ 10.0
A Roaring Trade
1962★ 0.0
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955★ 0.0
Tokyo Twilight
1957★ 7.7
Summer in Eclipse
1956★ 0.0
When It Rains, It Pours
1957★ 6.0
The Black Current
1954★ 0.0
Karatachi no hana
1954★ 0.0
Kanei Command Performance
1983★ 0.0
恐怖の空中殺人
1956★ 0.0
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989★ 7.0
お月様には悪いけど
1954★ 0.0
Life of a Country Doctor
1960★ 0.0
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957★ 6.2
Drunkard's Paradise
1962★ 0.0
Their Legacy
1962★ 0.0
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973★ 9.0
Hell's Juggler
1961★ 0.0
Love and Duty
1954★ 0.0
The Purple Hood
1958★ 5.0
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961★ 0.0
Rumba of Passion
1950★ 0.0
Daybreak Chorus
1963★ 0.0
Going West: to the West
1997★ 0.0
A Woman's Fight
1949★ 0.0