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
Haru no Sakamichi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Tokusuke Rôjin
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Mitsuhide
Rumba of Passion
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gômune Jindaiyu
Detective Duel
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prime Minister Kuroki
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
Night Butterflies
Ichiro Shirasawa
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
The Cannery Boat
Matsuki
The Black Current
Akitsu Hot Springs
Mikami
White Beast
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
Hole in One
Keikichi Shirasu
Ganpeki
Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho
ザ・ハングマン
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
An Lushan
Tasukenin Hashiru
Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai
Ane to imôto
Yoshirô Takaoka
Homecoming
The Inheritance
Senzô
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Across the Darkness
Takazawa
Who Will Judge Me?
Tokyo Bordello
Isaburo Okura
The Doctor
Hakuji no hito
Zensuke, Kanako's father