So Yamamura
Acting

So Yamamura

Born 24 February 1910 · Tenri, Nara, Japan · Died 26 May 2000

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
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Gung Ho
Tokyo Twilight
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Early Spring
Sound of the Mountain
Antarctica
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Repast
Going West: to the West
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Tange Sazen
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Nemuri Kyōshirō
Tokyo Bordello
Gung Ho
The Second Is a Christian
Antarctica
Kanei Command Performance
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Yagyu Abaretabi
Shag
Main Line to Terror
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Professional Killers
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Militarists
Japan's Longest Day
With Beauty and Sorrow
The School of Flesh
The Retreat from Kiska
Ane to imôto
A Public Benefactor
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Ano hito wa ima
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Daybreak Chorus
The House Where Flowers Bloom
Yume de aritai
Musume to watashi
Star of Hong Kong
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
The Inheritance
Records of loyal vassals
A Roaring Trade
A Flame at the Pier
Akitsu Hot Springs
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Drunkard's Paradise
Born in Sin
Glory on the Summit
Their Legacy
Last-Ditch Glory
The Estuary
The Last War
Love's Family Tree
Women of Tokyo
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
A Geisha's Diary
Epitaph to My Love
The Orphan Brother
The Harbor Lights
I Am The Magician From Hell
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Haitoku no mesu
Netsuai sha
Police Precinct Part 14
Victory and Defeat
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
The Sand City in Manchuria
Deep River Melody
Life of a Country Doctor
Ninja Assassins
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
続べらんめぇ芸者
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Hell's Companion
Hahakogusa
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Whirlwind Magistrate
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Across the Darkness
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
The Silent Murder
Kashima-nada no onna
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Oban kanketsu hen
Little Peach
With Songs in My Heart
Sister with Sister
Detective Duel
The Purple Hood
His Pistol is Hell
Gendai Mushuku
Tokyo Twilight
Hole in One
Hakuji no hito
Night Butterflies
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
When It Rains, It Pours
Blooms of Hell
Roar and Earth
The Chieko Story
First Love Story
Early Spring
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Darkness at Noon
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Summer in Eclipse
恐怖の空中殺人
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
Striving to Live
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
The Doctor
Burden of Love
Seven Masks of Revenge
Till We Meet Again
Ghost Story of Youth
If Indeed One Loves
A Young Samurai
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
Frame of Snow
Sound of the Mountain
Ditch
The Black Current
Love and Duty
Karatachi no hana
日本敗れず
お月様には悪いけど
Autumn Interlude
Mama's Diary
Tokyo Story
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Murahachibu
Miniature
The Cannery Boat
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Ganpeki
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Passion Fire
Modern People
The Wind Blows Twice
The Ataka Family
Okuni and Gohei
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Oka wa hanazakari
A Meeting of Youths
Gunrō no machi
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
Who Will Judge Me?
Repast
Dancing Girl
The Lady of Musashino
Miki, the Swordman
Hibari no komoriuta
The White Orchid
Freedom School
Duel in the Sun
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
The Munekata Sisters
White Beast
Kagebōshi
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Rumba of Passion
Homecoming
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Haha tsubaki
Scarface Senta
A Woman's Fight
Maboroshi fujin
Yūkyō no mure
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
A Second Life
The Love of the Actress Sumako
As Long as I Live
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