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

Professional Killers

Haru no Sakamichi

Ningen no Shōmei

Tokyo Story

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

ザ・ハングマン

Pearl

All Movies (173)

• Going West: to the West1997 · as Shogo Kawahara
• Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan1992
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah1991 · as Prime Minister
• The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades1990 · as Yagyu Munenori
• Tange Sazen1990
• Nemuri Kyōshirō1989
• Tokyo Bordello1987 · as Isaburo Okura
• Gung Ho1986 · as Mr. Sakamoto
• The Second Is a Christian1985 · as Nakatsugawa
• Kanei Command Performance1983
• Antarctica1983 · as Iwakiri Sencho
• The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S1982
• Yagyu Abaretabi1980
• Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo1980 · as Masayuki Hoshina
• Shag1978
• Main Line to Terror1975
• Prophecies of Nostradamus1974 · as Prime Minister Kuroki
• Professional Killers – Assignment by Night1974 · as Hanemon(Otowaya)
• Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry1973 · as Hanemon(Otowaya)
• Professional Killers1973 · as Hanemon(Otowaya)
• Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril1972 · as Gômune Jindaiyu
• The Militarists1970 · as Mitsumasa Yonai
• Tora! Tora! Tora!1970 · as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
• Japan's Longest Day1967 · as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
• The Retreat from Kiska1965 · as Kawashima
• With Beauty and Sorrow1965 · as Toshio Ôki
• The School of Flesh1965
• A Public Benefactor1964 · as Kappei Arima
• Daybreak Chorus1963 · as Shingo Koide
• Gang Loyalty and Vengeance1963 · as Tachibana
• Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance1963 · as Mitsuhide
• The House Where Flowers Bloom1963
• Ano hito wa ima1963
• At the Side of the Bridge 31963
• Born in Sin1962
• Diary of a Mad Old Man1962 · as Tokusuke Rôjin
• A Flame at the Pier1962
• Records of loyal vassals1962
• Glory on the Summit1962
• Star of Hong Kong1962 · as Gentaro Sugimoto
• Akitsu Hot Springs1962 · as Mikami
• あの空の果てに星はまたたく1962
• The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps1962 · as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
• Musume to watashi1962
• The Inheritance1962 · as Senzô
• Drunkard's Paradise1962
• Yume de aritai1962
• A Roaring Trade1962
• Their Legacy1962
• Love's Family Tree1961
• The Last War1961 · as Prime Minister Masaki
• The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku1961 · as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
• Netsuai sha1961 · as Murai
• Haitoku no mesu1961 · as Naoyuki Nishizawa
• A Geisha's Diary1961 · as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
• The Estuary1961
• The Orphan Brother1961 · as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
• An Eagle Eyed Lord1961
• Epitaph to My Love1961 · as Kimura
• Gonin no totsugeki tai1961
• Samurai Hawk1961
• Women of Tokyo1961 · as Shoichi Kagami
• The Harbor Lights1961
• Hell's Juggler1961
• The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 41961
• Deep River Melody1960
• The Sand City in Manchuria1960 · as Ishigami
• Life of a Country Doctor1960
• Ninja Assassins1960
• Police Precinct Part 141960 · as Maruyama
• Victory and Defeat1960 · as Kimpei Minegishi
• Ryuji, the Gun Slinger1960
• The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 21960
• 続べらんめぇ芸者1960
• Across the Darkness1959 · as Takazawa
• The Silent Murder1959
• Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord1959
• Hell's Companion1959
• Hahakogusa1959 · as Mr. Fujiki
• Whirlwind Magistrate1959
• The Bastards of Lawless Town1959
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · as Okishima
• The 47 Masterless Samurai1959
• Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 21959
• Sister with Sister1958 · as Michisuke Nishikata
• The Purple Hood1958
• The Barbarian and the Geisha1958 · as Governor Tamura
• With Songs in My Heart1958
• Detective Duel1958
• Oban kanketsu hen1958
• His Pistol is Hell1958
• Gendai Mushuku1958 · as Nonomiya Shin
• Little Peach1958 · as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
• Roar and Earth1957
• Hole in One1957 · as Keikichi Shirasu
• First Love Story1957 · as Shohei Ganmaru
• The Chieko Story1957 · as Kotaro Takamura
• Jigoku bana1957
• When It Rains, It Pours1957
• Tokyo Twilight1957 · as Seki Sekiguchi
• Night Butterflies1957 · as Ichiro Shirasawa
• Typhoon Over Nagasaki1957
• 白磁の人1957
• 恐怖の空中殺人1956 · as 劉元章
• Tsukigata Hanpeita1956 · as Katsura Kogoro
• Summer in Eclipse1956 · as Kozo Mishima
• Darkness at Noon1956 · as Yuji
• Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi1956
• Early Spring1956 · as Yutaka Kawai
• The Doctor1955
• Seven Masks of Revenge1955
• If Indeed One Loves1955 · as Gorô (segment 3)
• Till We Meet Again1955 · as Daisuke Kaji
• Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955 · as An Lushan
• Ghost Story of Youth1955 · as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
• Frame of Snow1955 · as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
• A Young Samurai1955
• Burden of Love1955 · as Jozaburo Araki
• Striving to Live1955
• 美男お小姓　人斬り彦齋1955
• お月様には悪いけど1954 · as ヤーさん
• Karatachi no hana1954
• 日本敗れず1954
• The Black Current1954
• Ditch1954
• Love and Duty1954
• Autumn Interlude1954 · as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
• Mama's Diary1954
• Sound of the Mountain1954 · as Ogata Shingo
• An Inlet of Muddy Water1953
• Tokyo Story1953 · as Koichi Hirayama
• The Cannery Boat1953 · as Matsuki
• Ganpeki1953
• Miniature1953 · as Wakabayashi
• Murahachibu1953
• My Wonderful Yellow Car1953 · as The husband
• Passion Fire1952 · as 奥田金馬太郎
• Oka wa hanazakari1952
• The Woman Who Touched the Legs1952 · as Yasukichi Sakaza
• Modern People1952
• The Ataka Family1952
• Kin no tamago: Golden Girl1952
• Okuni and Gohei1952 · as Tomonojo
• Riverside Fish Market Empire1952
• The Wind Blows Twice1952
• A Meeting of Youths1952 · as Haruki Eda
• Repast1951
• Miki, the Swordman1951 · as Hirate Miki
• Honoo no hada1951
• Hibari no komoriuta1951
• The Lady of Musashino1951 · as Eiji Ono
• Dancing Girl1951 · as Yagi
• Wagtail Tune1951
• Who Will Judge Me?1951
• The White Orchid1951
• Rumba of Passion1950
• Homecoming1950
• Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog1950 · as Hirate (Sake brewer)
• Portrait of Madame Yuki1950 · as Tateoka
• Senka o koete1950
• The Munekata Sisters1950 · as Ryosuke Mimura
• White Beast1950
• Song of Love1950
• Duel in the Sun1950 · as Attorney
• Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu1950
• Kagebōshi1950 · as 小山田鉄心
• Kirare no Senta1949
• A Woman's Fight1949
• Yūkyō no mure1948
• A Woman in the Typhoon Area1948 · as Kijima
• A Second Life1948
• The Love of the Actress Sumako1947 · as Hôgetsu Shimamura
• As Long as I Live1946

All TV Shows (10)

• Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest1982 · as Yagyu Munenori
• ザ・ハングマン1980
• Yagyu's Secret Quest1980 · as Yagyu Munenori
• Pearl1978 · as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
• The Yagyu Conspiracy1978 · as Yagyu Munenori
• Ningen no Shōmei1978
• Tasukenin Hashiru1973
• Hijo no License1973 · as 矢部
• Professional Killers1972 · as Hanemon Otowaya
• Haru no Sakamichi1971 · as Tokugawa Ieyasu