So Yamamura
Acting
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.
As actor 190
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Tokyo Story
1953
Professional Killers
1972
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
Rumba of Passion
1950
Tokyo Twilight
1957
The Yagyu Conspiracy
1978
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Detective Duel
1958
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Night Butterflies
1957
Gung Ho
1986
The Cannery Boat
1953
The Black Current
1954
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
White Beast
1950
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Hole in One
1957
Ganpeki
1953
Antarctica
1983
ザ・ハングマン
1980
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Tasukenin Hashiru
1973
Early Spring
1956
Ane to imôto
1965
Homecoming
1950
The Inheritance
1962
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Across the Darkness
1959
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
Tokyo Bordello
1987
The Doctor
1955
Hakuji no hito
1957
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
Glory on the Summit
1962
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
1952
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Their Legacy
1962
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
The Militarists
1970
Passion Fire
1952
The Munekata Sisters
1950
The School of Flesh
1965
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Epitaph to My Love
1961
A Flame at the Pier
1962
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Records of loyal vassals
1962
Darkness at Noon
1956
Burden of Love
1955
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
A Young Samurai
1955
Gendai Mushuku
1958
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
Pearl
1978
Deep River Melody
1960
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
Honoo no hada
1951
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
Hijo no License
1973
Professional Killers
1973
Tange Sazen
1990
Autumn Interlude
1954
The Last War
1961
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Gunrō no machi
1952
Sound of the Mountain
1954
I Am The Magician From Hell
1961
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
The Harbor Lights
1961
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
Last-Ditch Glory
1961
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
The Orphan Brother
1961
Song of Love
1950
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
Little Peach
1958
Miniature
1953
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
If Indeed One Loves
1955
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
Love's Family Tree
1961
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
Crossing the Flames of War
1950
Kagebōshi
1950
Victory and Defeat
1960
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
A Geisha's Diary
1961
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
As Long as I Live
1946
Freedom School
1951
Repast
1951
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
The Silent Murder
1959
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Till We Meet Again
1955
Modern People
1952
Going West: to the West
1997
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
Wagtail Tune
1951
The Chieko Story
1957
Yume de aritai
1962
Hell's Companion
1959
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Police Precinct Part 14
1960
Shag
1978
Murahachibu
1953
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
The Purple Hood
1958
Haha tsubaki
1950
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
Love and Duty
1954
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
With Songs in My Heart
1958
Frame of Snow
1955
Main Line to Terror
1975
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
A Public Benefactor
1964
お月様には悪いけど
1954
A Woman Who Convicts Men
1948
Mama's Diary
1954
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
日本敗れず
1954
A Meeting of Youths
1952
Striving to Live
1955
Okuni and Gohei
1952
A Second Life
1948
The Second Is a Christian
1985
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
Summer in Eclipse
1956
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Haitoku no mesu
1961
Scarface Senta
1949
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Karatachi no hana
1954
First Love Story
1957
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Samurai Hawk
1961
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
Born in Sin
1962
Dancing Girl
1951
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
The Ataka Family
1952
His Pistol is Hell
1958
Ditch
1954
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Sister with Sister
1958
Women of Tokyo
1961
Miki, the Swordman
1951
A Roaring Trade
1962
Daybreak Chorus
1963
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
Star of Hong Kong
1962
The White Orchid
1951
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
Musume to watashi
1962
Ninja Assassins
1960
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
1962
Duel in the Sun
1950
Blooms of Hell
1957
Roar and Earth
1957
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Netsuai sha
1961
The Estuary
1961
Hahakogusa
1959
A Woman's Fight
1949
