So Yamamura
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.
Filmography
ザ・ハングマン
1980 · 10.0
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982 · 10.0
Last-Ditch Glory
1961 · 10.0
If Indeed One Loves
1955 · 10.0
Ghost Story of Youth
1955 · 10.0
The Black Current
1954 · 10.0
Their Legacy
1962 · 10.0
Frame of Snow
1955 · 10.0
Musume to watashi
1962 · 10.0
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974 · 10.0
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961 · 10.0
The Doctor
1955 · 10.0
Karatachi no hana
1954 · 10.0
Scarface Senta
1949 · 9.5
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973 · 9.3
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960 · 9.0
Oka wa hanazakari
1952 · 9.0
Born in Sin
1962 · 9.0
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952 · 9.0
Glory on the Summit
1962 · 9.0
Blooms of Hell
1957 · 9.0
Netsuai sha
1961 · 9.0
Across the Darkness
1959 · 9.0
Life of a Country Doctor
1960 · 8.5
The Cannery Boat
1953 · 8.5
The Retreat from Kiska
1965 · 8.4
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · 8.2
Tokyo Story
1953 · 8.1
Professional Killers
1972 · 8.0
Homecoming
1950 · 8.0
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962 · 8.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952 · 8.0
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959 · 8.0
Star of Hong Kong
1962 · 8.0
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961 · 8.0
Hole in One
1957 · 8.0
Who Will Judge Me?
1951 · 8.0
Professional Killers
1973 · 8.0
お月様には悪いけど
1954 · 8.0
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959 · 8.0
Victory and Defeat
1960 · 8.0
Roar and Earth
1957 · 8.0
Crossing the Flames of War
1950 · 8.0
Epitaph to My Love
1961 · 7.8
Miniature
1953 · 7.8
The Yagyu Conspiracy
1978 · 7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957 · 7.7
Repast
1951 · 7.6
Early Spring
1956 · 7.5
The Militarists
1970 · 7.5
A Geisha's Diary
1961 · 7.5
Ditch
1954 · 7.5
Shag
1978 · 7.5
Sound of the Mountain
1954 · 7.4
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959 · 7.4
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948 · 7.3
Japan's Longest Day
1967 · 7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972 · 7.3
The Inheritance
1962 · 7.3
Antarctica
1983 · 7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · 7.2
The Munekata Sisters
1950 · 7.1
I Am The Magician From Hell
1961 · 7.0
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989 · 7.0
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947 · 7.0
Till We Meet Again
1955 · 7.0
A Public Benefactor
1964 · 7.0
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953 · 7.0
日本敗れず
1954 · 7.0
A Second Life
1948 · 7.0
Haitoku no mesu
1961 · 7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · 7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 · 6.9
Darkness at Noon
1956 · 6.9
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963 · 6.9
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 · 6.8
The Last War
1961 · 6.8
Burden of Love
1955 · 6.8
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962 · 6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · 6.7
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962 · 6.5
Night Butterflies
1957 · 6.5
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960 · 6.5
Dancing Girl
1951 · 6.4
The Orphan Brother
1961 · 6.3
The Lady of Musashino
1951 · 6.3
Okuni and Gohei
1952 · 6.3
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953 · 6.2
The Harbor Lights
1961 · 6.2
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957 · 6.2
Main Line to Terror
1975 · 6.2
Samurai Hawk
1961 · 6.2
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 · 6.1
Little Peach
1958 · 6.1
A Flame at the Pier
1962 · 6.1
Gung Ho
1986 · 6.1
Pearl
1978 · 6.0
The Second Is a Christian
1985 · 6.0
When It Rains, It Pours
1957 · 6.0
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980 · 6.0
Hibari no komoriuta
1951 · 6.0
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959 · 6.0
Deep River Melody
1960 · 6.0
Detective Duel
1958 · 6.0
Ninja Assassins
1960 · 6.0
The School of Flesh
1965 · 5.8
White Beast
1950 · 5.8
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974 · 5.7
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963 · 5.7
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965 · 5.7
Tokyo Bordello
1987 · 5.6
The Ataka Family
1952 · 5.5
The Purple Hood
1958 · 5.4
Miki, the Swordman
1951 · 5.0
Modern People
1952 · 3.2
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982 · 2.5
Haru no Sakamichi
1971 · 0.0
Tasukenin Hashiru
1973 · 0.0
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980 · 0.0
Hijo no License
1973 · 0.0
Ningen no Shōmei
1978 · 0.0
Freedom School
1951 · 0.0
Gunrō no machi
1952 · 0.0
Mama's Diary
1954 · 0.0
Yūkyō no mure
1948 · 0.0
Haha tsubaki
1950 · 0.0
Love and Duty
1954 · 0.0
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956 · 0.0
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
1952 · 0.0
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980 · 0.0
As Long as I Live
1946 · 0.0
恐怖の空中殺人
1956 · 0.0
Ane to imôto
1965 · 0.0
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950 · 0.0
Wagtail Tune
1951 · 0.0
Love's Family Tree
1961 · 0.0
First Love Story
1957 · 0.0
Duel in the Sun
1950 · 0.0
Hell's Companion
1959 · 0.0
Maboroshi fujin
1949 · 0.0
Gendai Mushuku
1958 · 0.0
Sister with Sister
1958 · 0.0
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992 · 0.0
Autumn Interlude
1954 · 0.0
A Roaring Trade
1962 · 0.0
A Meeting of Youths
1952 · 0.0
Women of Tokyo
1961 · 0.0
Song of Love
1950 · 0.0
Drunkard's Paradise
1962 · 0.0
Tange Sazen
1990 · 0.0
Ganpeki
1953 · 0.0
The Chieko Story
1957 · 0.0
Passion Fire
1952 · 0.0
Police Precinct Part 14
1960 · 0.0
Hahakogusa
1959 · 0.0
Oban kanketsu hen
1958 · 0.0
Kanei Command Performance
1983 · 0.0
The Silent Murder
1959 · 0.0
Rumba of Passion
1950 · 0.0
Striving to Live
1955 · 0.0
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963 · 0.0
Ano hito wa ima
1963 · 0.0
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955 · 0.0
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961 · 0.0
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963 · 0.0
Yume de aritai
1962 · 0.0
A Woman Who Convicts Men
1948 · 0.0
Kagebōshi
1950 · 0.0
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990 · 0.0
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955 · 0.0
Murahachibu
1953 · 0.0
The White Orchid
1951 · 0.0
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960 · 0.0
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950 · 0.0
Summer in Eclipse
1956 · 0.0
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
1962 · 0.0
A Woman's Fight
1949 · 0.0
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960 · 0.0
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956 · 0.0
Honoo no hada
1951 · 0.0
The Wind Blows Twice
1952 · 0.0
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952 · 0.0
Records of loyal vassals
1962 · 0.0
A Young Samurai
1955 · 0.0
The Estuary
1961 · 0.0
With Songs in My Heart
1958 · 0.0
Going West: to the West
1997 · 0.0
His Pistol is Hell
1958 · 0.0
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959 · 0.0
Daybreak Chorus
1963 · 0.0
Hakuji no hito
1957 · 0.0