Actor
So Yamamura
116 years · Tenri, Nara, Japan · 176 films
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.
Best known for
Tokyo Story
1953 · Koichi Hirayama
On Plex
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
On Amazon Prime Video
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Okishima
On Criterion Channel
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 · Prime Minister
On HBO Max
Gung Ho
1986 · Mr. Sakamoto
On Kanopy
Tokyo Twilight
1957 · Seki Sekiguchi
On Plex
Filmography 176
Going West: to the West
1997 · Shogo Kawahara
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992 · Actor
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991 · Prime Minister
On HBO Max
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990 · Yagyu Munenori
On Tubi TV
Tange Sazen
1990 · Actor
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989 · Actor
On Plex
Tokyo Bordello
1987 · Isaburo Okura
On Kanopy
Gung Ho
1986 · Mr. Sakamoto
On Kanopy
The Second Is a Christian
1985 · Nakatsugawa
Kanei Command Performance
1983 · Actor
Antarctica
1983 · Iwakiri Sencho
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982 · Actor
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980 · Actor
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980 · Masayuki Hoshina
Shag
1978 · Actor
Main Line to Terror
1975 · Actor
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974 · Prime Minister Kuroki
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974 · Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973 · Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers
1973 · Hanemon(Otowaya)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972 · Gômune Jindaiyu
On HBO Max
The Militarists
1970 · Mitsumasa Yonai
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
On Amazon Prime Video
Japan's Longest Day
1967 · Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai