So Yamamura
182 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 24, 1910
- Died
- May 26, 2000 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- Tenri, Nara, Japan
- Also known as
- Hirosada Koga · 山村聡 · 山村聰 · Со Ямамура
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 8.1 Tokyo Story
1953 · Film
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★ 7.2 Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Film
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★ 8.1 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Film
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★ 7.0 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 · Film
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★ 6.1 Gung Ho
1986 · Film
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★ 7.3 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972 · Film
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★ 7.7 Tokyo Twilight
1957 · Film
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★ 7.5 Early Spring
1956 · Film
So Yamamura: movies and TV shows
Acting (191)
- 1997 Going West: to the West
as Shogo Kawahara
- 1992
- 1991 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
- 1990 The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
as Yagyu Munenori
- 1990
- 1989
- 1987 Tokyo Bordello
as Isaburo Okura
- 1986 Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
- 1985 The Second Is a Christian
as Nakatsugawa
- 1983
- 1983 Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
- 1982
- 1982
- 1980
- 1980
- 1980
- 1980 Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Masayuki Hoshina
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978
- 1975
- 1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister Kuroki
- 1974 Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973
- 1973 Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973 Professional Killers
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973
- 1972 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
- 1972
- 1971
- 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 The Retreat from Kiska
as Kawashima
- 1965 With Beauty and Sorrow
as Toshio Ôki
- 1965
- 1965 Ane to imôto
as Yoshirô Takaoka
- 1964 A Public Benefactor
as Kappei Arima
- 1963 Daybreak Chorus
as Shingo Koide
- 1963 Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Tachibana
- 1963 Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Mitsuhide
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962 Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Tokusuke Rôjin
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Star of Hong Kong
as Gentaro Sugimoto
- 1962 Akitsu Hot Springs
as Mikami
- 1962 Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
as Kojiro Yamaguchi
- 1962 The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
- 1962
- 1962 The Inheritance
as Senzô
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 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
- 1961 The Orphan Brother
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
- 1961
- 1961 Epitaph to My Love
as Kimura
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Women of Tokyo
as Shoichi Kagami
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960 The Sand City in Manchuria
as Ishigami
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Police Precinct Part 14
as Maruyama
- 1960 Victory and Defeat
as Kimpei Minegishi
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959 Across the Darkness
as Takazawa
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Hahakogusa
as Mr. Fujiki
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958 Sister with Sister
as Michisuke Nishikata
- 1958
- 1958 The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Governor Tamura
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Gendai Mushuku
as Nonomiya Shin
- 1958 Little Peach
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
- 1957 Hole in One
as Keikichi Shirasu
- 1957
- 1957 First Love Story
as Shohei Ganmaru
- 1957 Night Butterflies
as Ichiro Shirasawa
- 1957 The Chieko Story
as Kotaro Takamura
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Tokyo Twilight
as Seki Sekiguchi
- 1957
- 1957 Hakuji no hito
as Zensuke, Kanako's father
- 1956 恐怖の空中殺人
as 劉元章
- 1956
- 1956 Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Katsura Kogoro
- 1956 Summer in Eclipse
as Kozo Mishima
- 1956 Darkness at Noon
as Yuji
- 1956
- 1956 Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 If Indeed One Loves
as Gorô (segment 3)
- 1955 Till We Meet Again
as Daisuke Kaji
- 1955 Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as An Lushan
- 1955 Ghost Story of Youth
as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
- 1955 Frame of Snow
as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
- 1955
- 1955 Burden of Love
as Jozaburo Araki
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954 お月様には悪いけど
as ヤーさん
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Autumn Interlude
as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
- 1954
- 1954 Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Shingo
- 1953
- 1953 Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
- 1953 The Cannery Boat
as Matsuki
- 1953
- 1953 Miniature
as Wakabayashi
- 1953
- 1953 My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The husband
- 1952 Passion Fire
as 奥田金馬太郎
- 1952
- 1952 The Woman Who Touched the Legs
as Yasukichi Sakaza
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Okuni and Gohei
as Tomonojo
- 1952
- 1952 The Wind Blows Twice
as Takayoshi Michihara
- 1952 A Meeting of Youths
as Haruki Eda
- 1952
- 1951
- 1951 Miki, the Swordman
as Hirate Miki
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 The Lady of Musashino
as Eiji Ono
- 1951 Dancing Girl
as Yagi
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Hirate (Sake brewer)
- 1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Tateoka
- 1950
- 1950 The Munekata Sisters
as Ryosuke Mimura
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 Duel in the Sun
as Attorney
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 Kagebōshi
as 小山田鉄心
- 1949
- 1949
- 1949
- 1948
- 1948 A Woman in the Typhoon Area
as Kijima
- 1948
- 1948
- 1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Hôgetsu Shimamura
- 1946
Behind the camera (6)
- 1960 Deep River Melody
Director
- 1959 Kashima-nada no onna
Director
- 1959 Hahakogusa
Director
- 1955 The Doctor
Screenplay, Director
- 1954 The Black Current
Director
- 1953 The Cannery Boat
Director, Screenplay