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
Tokyo Twilight
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Early Spring
Sound of the Mountain
Antarctica
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
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
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
With Beauty and Sorrow
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Little Peach
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
The Last War
A Geisha's Diary
Okuni and Gohei
The Orphan Brother
White Beast
Dancing Girl
A Flame at the Pier
Tokyo Bordello
An Inlet of Muddy Water
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Burden of Love
Pearl
Modern People
Samurai Hawk
The 47 Masterless Samurai
The Retreat from Kiska
Professional Killers
The Purple Hood
Darkness at Noon
Till We Meet Again
The School of Flesh
Miniature
Night Butterflies
Ditch
Epitaph to My Love
The Harbor Lights
Professional Killers
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Whirlwind Magistrate
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Miki, the Swordman
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Hole in One