So Yamamura
ActingAlso Known As
Hirosada Koga, 山村聡, 山村聰, Со Ямамура, 山村聪
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.
Movies
(164 total)
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
Tokyo Twilight
as Seki Sekiguchi
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Shingo
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as An Lushan
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Governor Tamura
The Munekata Sisters
as Ryosuke Mimura
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
The Inheritance
as Senzô
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Tateoka
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Mikami
The Lady of Musashino
as Eiji Ono
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Toshio Ôki
TV Shows
(9 total)
Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
Hijo no License
as 矢部