Portrait of So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Acting

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.

Born: February 24, 1910

Place of Birth: Tenri, Nara, Japan

Filmography

1997
Going West: to the West

as Shogo Kawahara

1991
1987
Tokyo Bordello

as Isaburo Okura

1986
Gung Ho

as Mr. Sakamoto

1985
1983
Antarctica

as Iwakiri Sencho

1982
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

as Yagyu Munenori

1980
Yagyu's Secret Quest

as Yagyu Munenori

1980
1978
Pearl

as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)

1978
The Yagyu Conspiracy

as Yagyu Munenori

1978
1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Prime Minister Kuroki

1973
Professional Killers

as Hanemon(Otowaya)

1973
1972
Professional Killers

as Hanemon Otowaya

1971
Haru no Sakamichi

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

1970
The Militarists

as Mitsumasa Yonai

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

1967
Japan's Longest Day

as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

1965
1965
1964
A Public Benefactor

as Kappei Arima

1963
Daybreak Chorus

as Shingo Koide

1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man

as Tokusuke Rôjin

1962
Star of Hong Kong

as Gentaro Sugimoto

1962
1962
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff

1962
1961
The Last War

as Prime Minister Masaki

1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

as Councilor Matsudaira Izu

1961
Netsuai sha

as Murai

1961
Haitoku no mesu

as Naoyuki Nishizawa

1961
A Geisha's Diary

as Kiyomasa Tsutsui

1961
The Orphan Brother

as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

1961
1961
Women of Tokyo

as Shoichi Kagami

1960
Victory and Defeat

as Kimpei Minegishi

1959
1959
Hahakogusa

as Mr. Fujiki

1958
Sister with Sister

as Michisuke Nishikata

1958
1958
Little Peach

as Heishiro Hirayama, the father

1957
Hole in One

as Keikichi Shirasu

1957
Tokyo Twilight

as Seki Sekiguchi

1957
Night Butterflies

as Ichiro Shirasawa

1956
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita

as Katsura Kogoro

1956
Summer in Eclipse

as Kozo Mishima

1956
1956
Early Spring

as Yutaka Kawai

1955
Ai Sureba Koso

as Gorô (segment 3)

1955
Till We Meet Again

as Daisuke Kaji

1955
1955
Ghost Story of Youth

as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu

1955
Frame of Snow

as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)

1955
Burden of Love

as Jozaburo Araki

1954
1954
1954
Sound of the Mountain

as Ogata Shingo

1953
Tokyo Story

as Koichi Hirayama

1953
1953
Miniature

as Wakabayashi

1953
1952
Passion Fire

as 奥田金馬太郎

1952
1952
Okuni and Gohei

as Tomonojo

1951
1951
Miki, the Swordman

as Hirate Miki

1951
1951
1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

as Hirate (Sake brewer)

1950
The Munekata Sisters

as Ryosuke Mimura

1950
Duel in the Sun

as Attorney

1950
Kagebōshi

as 小山田鉄心

1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako

as Hôgetsu Shimamura