So Yamamura
Acting · Born 1910-02-24 · age 90 at death · Tenri, Nara, Japan
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.
Titles
Tokyo Story
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Gung Ho
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Tokyo Twilight
Early Spring
Antarctica
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Sound of the Mountain
Repast
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Munekata Sisters
Japan's Longest Day
The Inheritance
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Akitsu Hot Springs
The Lady of Musashino
Main Line to Terror
With Beauty and Sorrow
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Little Peach
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
A Geisha's Diary
The Last War
Okuni and Gohei
The Orphan Brother
Dancing Girl
White Beast
A Flame at the Pier
Tokyo Bordello
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Burden of Love
Pearl
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Professional Killers
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Till We Meet Again
Darkness at Noon
Samurai Hawk
The Purple Hood
The Retreat from Kiska
Professional Killers
Miniature
Epitaph to My Love
Ditch
Night Butterflies
The Harbor Lights
The School of Flesh
Modern People
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Whirlwind Magistrate
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Miki, the Swordman
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
The Cannery Boat