So Yamamura
Acting
Born: 1910-02-24 in Tenri, Nara, Japan
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
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gômune Jindaiyu
Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo
Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
An Lushan
Repast
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Governor Tamura
The Munekata Sisters
Ryosuke Mimura
Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
The Inheritance
Senzô
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tateoka
Akitsu Hot Springs
Mikami
The Lady of Musashino
Eiji Ono
Main Line to Terror
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Mitsuhide
With Beauty and Sorrow
Toshio Ôki
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prime Minister Kuroki
Little Peach
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
The Last War
Prime Minister Masaki
A Geisha's Diary
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Okuni and Gohei
Tomonojo
The Orphan Brother
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
White Beast
Dancing Girl
Yagi
A Flame at the Pier
Tokyo Bordello
Isaburo Okura
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Burden of Love
Jozaburo Araki
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Hôgetsu Shimamura
Pearl
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
Samurai Hawk
The 47 Masterless Samurai
The Retreat from Kiska
Kawashima