So Yamamura
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.
183 acting credits · 6 directing credits
Acting · 183
Professional Killers
1972
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
Tokyo Story
1953
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Hijo no License
1973
Pearl
1978
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
The Yagyu Conspiracy
1978
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
ザ・ハングマン
1980
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Gung Ho
1986
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
Japan's Longest Day
1967
The Inheritance
1962
Early Spring
1956
The Orphan Brother
1961
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Antarctica
1983
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Tokyo Bordello
1987
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
The Second Is a Christian
1985
Till We Meet Again
1955
If Indeed One Loves
1955
Little Peach
1958
White Beast
1950
A Geisha's Diary
1961
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
The Militarists
1970
Repast
1951
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Tasukenin Hashiru
1973
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Darkness at Noon
1956
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
Kagebōshi
1950
A Flame at the Pier
1962
The School of Flesh
1965
The Last War
1961
Shag
1978
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Homecoming
1950
A Second Life
1948
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Dancing Girl
1951
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
Striving to Live
1955
Star of Hong Kong
1962
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
Hole in One
1957
Born in Sin
1962
With Songs in My Heart
1958
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
Police Precinct Part 14
1960
Ganpeki
1953
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
Miki, the Swordman
1951
Duel in the Sun
1950
Main Line to Terror
1975
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
Glory on the Summit
1962
The Purple Hood
1958
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
Okuni and Gohei
1952
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
A Public Benefactor
1964
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Night Butterflies
1957
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
Women of Tokyo
1961
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Ditch
1954
Records of loyal vassals
1962
Ninja Assassins
1960
Miniature
1953
The Ataka Family
1952
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
The White Orchid
1951
Passion Fire
1952
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
Deep River Melody
1960
Victory and Defeat
1960
Haitoku no mesu
1961
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
The Estuary
1961
A Roaring Trade
1962
Song of Love
1950
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Detective Duel
1958
Samurai Hawk
1961
Senka o koete
1950
Across the Darkness
1959
Jigoku bana
1957
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Love's Family Tree
1961
Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
The Black Current
1954
The Cannery Boat
1953
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Going West: to the West
1997
Kanei Command Performance
1983
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Professional Killers
1973
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Karatachi no hana
1954
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
Hell's Companion
1959
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Netsuai sha
1961
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
Murahachibu
1953
日本敗れず
1954
Sister with Sister
1958
Yume de aritai
1962
白磁の人
1957
Epitaph to My Love
1961
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
Hahakogusa
1959
Kirare no Senta
1949
A Young Samurai
1955
Tange Sazen
1990
The Doctor
1955
The Harbor Lights
1961
His Pistol is Hell
1958
Musume to watashi
1962
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Their Legacy
1962
Roar and Earth
1957
Burden of Love
1955
Daybreak Chorus
1963
Hell's Juggler
1961
A Woman's Fight
1949
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
Modern People
1952
Summer in Eclipse
1956
Honoo no hada
1951
As Long as I Live
1946
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
Love and Duty
1954
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Frame of Snow
1955
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
Rumba of Passion
1950
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
Wagtail Tune
1951
The Silent Murder
1959
The Chieko Story
1957
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
Autumn Interlude
1954
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
お月様には悪いけど
1954
Gendai Mushuku
1958
First Love Story
1957
A Meeting of Youths
1952
Mama's Diary
1954
