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.
Notable Appearances
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Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Antarctica
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Inheritance
Repast
Japan's Longest Day
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Star of Hong Kong
Early Spring
Tokyo Bordello
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
The Last War
Burden of Love
Haha tsubaki
Their Legacy
Till We Meet Again
The Black Current
Kanei Command Performance
Who Will Judge Me?
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Sound of the Mountain
Frame of Snow
Okuni and Gohei
The Retreat from Kiska
The Militarists
Little Peach
Life of a Country Doctor
If Indeed One Loves
The Orphan Brother
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Akitsu Hot Springs
Epitaph to My Love
Love's Family Tree
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
Night Butterflies
The Munekata Sisters
Main Line to Terror
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Rumba of Passion
Oka wa hanazakari
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Darkness at Noon
A Flame at the Pier
I Am The Magician From Hell
Drunkard's Paradise
お月様には悪いけど
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
When It Rains, It Pours
The Harbor Lights
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Yagyu Abaretabi
A Geisha's Diary
Love and Duty
Gendai Mushuku
The Second Is a Christian
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Freedom School
Shag
Ane to imôto
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
As Long as I Live
A Woman's Fight
Gunrō no machi
The Silent Murder
With Beauty and Sorrow
Whirlwind Magistrate
The School of Flesh
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Deep River Melody
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Hole in One
Modern People
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Hibari no komoriuta
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Miniature
The Lady of Musashino
The Chieko Story
Police Precinct Part 14
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
The Bastards of Lawless Town
First Love Story
Ganpeki
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
The Cannery Boat
The Sand City in Manchuria
Going West: to the West
The Ataka Family
Mama's Diary
Ghost Story of Youth
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Dancing Girl
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Tange Sazen
The Purple Hood
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Last-Ditch Glory
Scarface Senta
The Wind Blows Twice
Riverside Fish Market Empire
The White Orchid
Summer in Eclipse
Born in Sin
White Beast
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Hahakogusa
Daybreak Chorus
恐怖の空中殺人
日本敗れず
Ditch
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Autumn Interlude
A Second Life
Murahachibu
Musume to watashi
A Roaring Trade
A Meeting of Youths
Records of loyal vassals
Yūkyō no mure
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
The 47 Masterless Samurai
A Young Samurai
Professional Killers
Homecoming
Miki, the Swordman
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Duel in the Sun
Netsuai sha
Detective Duel
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Ano hito wa ima
Striving to Live
Ninja Assassins
Victory and Defeat
The Doctor
続べらんめぇ芸者
Women of Tokyo
Oban kanketsu hen
Karatachi no hana
Passion Fire
Sister with Sister
Roar and Earth
A Public Benefactor
Across the Darkness
Kagebōshi
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
His Pistol is Hell
Blooms of Hell
Hell's Companion
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Seven Masks of Revenge
Glory on the Summit
The Estuary
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Yume de aritai
Hakuji no hito
Haitoku no mesu
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
