
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.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Antarctica

Prophecies of Nostradamus

The Munekata Sisters

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Diary of a Mad Old Man

The Barbarian and the Geisha

Sound of the Mountain

The Second Is a Christian

The Last War

Akitsu Hot Springs

Night Butterflies

The Militarists

Women of Tokyo

An Inlet of Muddy Water

The Retreat from Kiska

Okuni and Gohei

The Inheritance

Last-Ditch Glory

Darkness at Noon

If Indeed One Loves

The Orphan Brother

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance

Yūkyō no mure

The 47 Masterless Samurai

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

White Beast

日本敗れず

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

The Lady of Musashino

Homecoming

A Roaring Trade

Riverside Fish Market Empire

Miki, the Swordman

My Wonderful Yellow Car

Shag

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

Main Line to Terror

Love and Duty

At the Side of the Bridge 3

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

Tange Sazen

Burden of Love

Dancing Girl

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Till We Meet Again

The Cannery Boat

Freedom School

A Flame at the Pier

The Sand City in Manchuria

I Am The Magician From Hell

His Pistol is Hell

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

Netsuai sha

Born in Sin

The Love of the Actress Sumako

Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni

Kanei Command Performance

Deep River Melody

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A Public Benefactor

Ryuji, the Gun Slinger

続べらんめぇ芸者

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Who Will Judge Me?

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Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

Epitaph to My Love

Maboroshi fujin

Glory on the Summit

Ghost Story of Youth

The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

Yonjū-hassai no teikō

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

Star of Hong Kong

Professional Killers

Hibari no komoriuta

美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋

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Love's Family Tree

Hole in One

When It Rains, It Pours

The School of Flesh

The Bastards of Lawless Town

Yagyu Abaretabi

As Long as I Live

Ditch

恐怖の空中殺人

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

Ano hito wa ima

Haitoku no mesu

Musume to watashi

The Harbor Lights

Ninja Assassins

Drunkard's Paradise

The White Orchid

Oban kanketsu hen

Mama's Diary

Detective Duel

Seven Masks of Revenge

Blooms of Hell

A Geisha's Diary

Frame of Snow

Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

The Black Current

Whirlwind Magistrate

Rumba of Passion

Passion Fire

Modern People

Murahachibu

Gendai Mushuku

With Songs in My Heart

Hahakogusa

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

The Ataka Family

An Eagle Eyed Lord

Hell's Companion

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

Ane to imôto

Duel in the Sun

Sister with Sister

Striving to Live

Oka wa hanazakari

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

The House Where Flowers Bloom

Gunrō no machi

Going West: to the West

Haha tsubaki

With Beauty and Sorrow

Police Precinct Part 14

Across the Darkness

Ganpeki

Victory and Defeat

Records of loyal vassals

A Meeting of Youths

Scarface Senta

Kagebōshi

A Second Life

Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku

A Young Samurai

Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord

お月様には悪いけど

The Chieko Story

Yume de aritai

First Love Story

Hakuji no hito

The Wind Blows Twice

The Purple Hood

Roar and Earth

Life of a Country Doctor

The Estuary

Summer in Eclipse

Karatachi no hana

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Daybreak Chorus

The Doctor

A Woman's Fight

The Silent Murder




















