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