SO YAMAMURA

So Yamamura
So Yamamura
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: February 24, 1910
Deathday: May 26, 2000
Place of Birth: Tenri, Nara, Japan

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.

Filmography

Starring

Shogo Kawahara
Prime Minister
Isaburo Okura
1986·
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
Nakatsugawa
Iwakiri Sencho
Yagyu Munenori
Yagyu Munenori
Masayuki Hoshina
Yagyu Munenori
1978·
Pearl
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
1978·
Shag
Prime Minister Kuroki
矢部
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Hanemon Otowaya
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mitsumasa Yonai
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Kawashima
Toshio Ôki
Kappei Arima
Shingo Koide
Tokusuke Rôjin
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Mikami
Senzô
Gentaro Sugimoto
Murai
Naoyuki Nishizawa
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Kimura
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
Shoichi Kagami
Prime Minister Masaki
Kimpei Minegishi
Takazawa
Mr. Fujiki
Michisuke Nishikata
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Governor Tamura
Ichiro Shirasawa
Keikichi Shirasu
Seki Sekiguchi
劉元章
Kozo Mishima
Katsura Kogoro
Yutaka Kawai
Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
Gorô (segment 3)
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Daisuke Kaji
Jozaburo Araki
An Lushan
1954·
Ditch
Ogata Shingo
1953·
Ganpeki
The husband
Matsuki
1953·
Miniature
Wakabayashi
Koichi Hirayama
Yasukichi Sakaza
Tomonojo
奥田金馬太郎
Hirate Miki
Eiji Ono
Yagi
1951·
Repast
小山田鉄心
Ryosuke Mimura
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Attorney
Hôgetsu Shimamura

Production

Director
Director
Director
Director, Screenplay
Director
Screenplay, Director