Acting
So Yamamura
JA, EN, FR cinema · 182 credits
Born
24 February 1910
Died
26 May 2000 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Tenri, Nara, Japan
Also known as Hirosada Koga · 山村聡 · 山村聰 · Со Ямамура · 山村聪 · Soh 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.
Known for
Filmography
Going West: to the West
as Shogo Kawahara
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
as Yagyu Munenori
Tokyo Bordello
as Isaburo Okura
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
The Second Is a Christian
as Nakatsugawa
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Masayuki Hoshina
Shag
Actor
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister Kuroki
Professional Killers
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
The Militarists
as Mitsumasa Yonai
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Toshio Ôki
The Retreat from Kiska
as Kawashima
Ane to imôto
as Yoshirô Takaoka
A Public Benefactor
as Kappei Arima
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as Mitsuhide
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Tachibana
Daybreak Chorus
as Shingo Koide
Star of Hong Kong
as Gentaro Sugimoto
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
as Kojiro Yamaguchi
The Inheritance
as Senzô
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Mikami
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Tokusuke Rôjin
The Last War
as Prime Minister Masaki
Women of Tokyo
as Shoichi Kagami
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
A Geisha's Diary
as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Epitaph to My Love
as Kimura
The Orphan Brother
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Haitoku no mesu
as Naoyuki Nishizawa
Netsuai sha
as Murai
Police Precinct Part 14
as Maruyama
Victory and Defeat
as Kimpei Minegishi
The Sand City in Manchuria
as Ishigami
Deep River Melody
Actor, Director
Hahakogusa
as Mr. Fujiki, Director
Across the Darkness
as Takazawa
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Governor Tamura
Little Peach
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Sister with Sister
as Michisuke Nishikata
Gendai Mushuku
as Nonomiya Shin
Tokyo Twilight
as Seki Sekiguchi
Hole in One
as Keikichi Shirasu
Hakuji no hito
as Zensuke, Kanako's father
Night Butterflies
as Ichiro Shirasawa
Roar and Earth
as Kentaro Ukishima
The Chieko Story
as Kotaro Takamura
First Love Story
as Shohei Ganmaru
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
Darkness at Noon
as Yuji
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Katsura Kogoro
Summer in Eclipse
as Kozo Mishima
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as An Lushan
The Doctor
Actor, Director, Screenplay
Burden of Love
as Jozaburo Araki
Till We Meet Again
as Daisuke Kaji
Ghost Story of Youth
as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
If Indeed One Loves
as Gorô (segment 3)
Frame of Snow
as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Shingo
Ditch
Actor
The Black Current
Actor, Director
日本敗れず
Actor
お月様には悪いけど
as ヤーさん
Autumn Interlude
as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
Miniature
as Wakabayashi
The Cannery Boat
as Matsuki, Screenplay, Director
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The husband
Passion Fire
as 奥田金馬太郎
The Wind Blows Twice
as Takayoshi Michihara
Okuni and Gohei
as Tomonojo
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
as Yasukichi Sakaza
A Meeting of Youths
as Haruki Eda
Repast
Actor
Dancing Girl
as Yagi
The Lady of Musashino
as Eiji Ono
Miki, the Swordman
as Hirate Miki
Duel in the Sun
as Attorney
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Hirate (Sake brewer)
The Munekata Sisters
as Ryosuke Mimura
Kagebōshi
as 小山田鉄心
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Tateoka
The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Hôgetsu Shimamura
