Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 24, 1910
Died
May 26, 2000
Place of Birth
Tenri, Nara, Japan
Credits
187 titles
So Yamamura
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
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's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu Abaretabi
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