So Yamamura
Known for: Acting
Born: February 24, 1910
Died: May 26, 2000
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
181 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
NR
Going West: to the West
1997
NR
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
7.0
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
NR
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
NR
Tange Sazen
1990
7.0
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
5.6
Tokyo Bordello
1987
6.1
Gung Ho
1986
6.0
The Second Is a Christian
1985
NR
Kanei Command Performance
1983
7.2
Antarctica
1983
2.5
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
10.0
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
10.0
ザ・ハングマン
1980
NR
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
NR
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
6.0
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
6.0
Pearl
1978
7.7
The Yagyu Conspiracy
1978
7.5
Shag
1978
NR
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
6.2
Main Line to Terror
1975
5.7
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
10.0
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
NR
Tasukenin Hashiru
1973
9.3
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
8.0
Professional Killers
1973
NR
Hijo no License
1973
7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
8.0
Professional Killers
1972
NR
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
7.5
The Militarists
1970
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
7.3
Japan's Longest Day
1967
8.4
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
5.7
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
5.8
The School of Flesh
1965
NR
Ane to imôto
1965
7.0
A Public Benefactor
1964
NR
Daybreak Chorus
1963
5.7
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
6.9
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
NR
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
NR
Ano hito wa ima
1963
NR
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
9.0
Born in Sin
1962
6.7
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
6.1
A Flame at the Pier
1962
NR
Records of loyal vassals
1962
9.0
Glory on the Summit
1962
8.0
Star of Hong Kong
1962
6.5
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
NR
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
1962
8.0
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
10.0
Musume to watashi
1962
7.3
The Inheritance
1962
NR
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
NR
Yume de aritai
1962
NR
A Roaring Trade
1962
10.0
Their Legacy
1962
NR
Love's Family Tree
1961
6.8
The Last War
1961
NR
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
9.0
Netsuai sha
1961
7.0
Haitoku no mesu
1961
7.5
A Geisha's Diary
1961
NR
The Estuary
1961
6.3
The Orphan Brother
1961
8.0
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
7.8
Epitaph to My Love
1961
10.0
Last-Ditch Glory
19616.2
Samurai Hawk
1961
NR
Women of Tokyo
1961
6.3
The Harbor Lights
1961
7.0
I Am The Magician From Hell
1961
10.0
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
6.0
Deep River Melody
1960
6.5
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
8.5
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
6.0
Ninja Assassins
1960
NR
Police Precinct Part 14
1960
8.0
Victory and Defeat
1960
NR
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
19609.0
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
NR
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
9.0
Across the Darkness
1959
NR
Kashima-nada no onna
1959
NR
The Silent Murder
1959
8.0
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
NR
Hell's Companion
1959
NR
Hahakogusa
1959
6.0
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
NR
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
7.4
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
8.0
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
NR
Sister with Sister
1958
5.4
The Purple Hood
1958
6.0
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
NR
With Songs in My Heart
1958
6.0
Detective Duel
1958
NR
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
NR
His Pistol is Hell
1958
NR
Gendai Mushuku
1958
6.1
Little Peach
1958
8.0
Roar and Earth
1957
8.0
Hole in One
1957
NR
First Love Story
1957
NR
The Chieko Story
1957
9.0
Blooms of Hell
1957
6.0
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957
6.5
Night Butterflies
1957
6.2
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
NR
Hakuji no hito
1957
NR
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
NR
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
NR
Summer in Eclipse
1956
6.9
Darkness at Noon
1956
NR
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
7.5
Early Spring
1956
10.0
The Doctor
1955
NR
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
10.0
If Indeed One Loves
1955
7.0
Till We Meet Again
1955
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
10.0
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
10.0
Frame of Snow
1955
NR
A Young Samurai
1955
7.1
Burden of Love
1955
NR
Striving to Live
1955
NR
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
8.0
お月様には悪いけど
1954
10.0
Karatachi no hana
1954
7.0
日本敗れず
1954
10.0
The Black Current
1954
7.5
Ditch
1954
NR
Love and Duty
1954
NR
Autumn Interlude
1954
NR
Mama's Diary
1954
7.4
Sound of the Mountain
1954
6.3
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
8.1
Tokyo Story
1953
8.5
The Cannery Boat
1953
NR
Ganpeki
1953
7.8
Miniature
1953
NR
Murahachibu
1953
7.0
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
NR
Passion Fire
1952
9.0
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
8.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
4.0
Modern People
1952
NR
Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
1952
5.5
The Ataka Family
1952
9.0
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
6.3
Okuni and Gohei
1952
NR
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
NR
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
NR
A Meeting of Youths
1952
NR
Gunrō no machi
1952
7.6
Repast
1951
5.0
Miki, the Swordman
1951NR
Honoo no hada
1951
6.0
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
6.3
The Lady of Musashino
1951
6.4
Dancing Girl
1951NR
Wagtail Tune
1951
8.0
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
NR
Freedom School
1951
NR
The White Orchid
1951
NR
Rumba of Passion
1950
8.0
Homecoming
1950
NR
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
6.8
Portrait of Madame Yuki
19508.0
Crossing the Flames of War
1950
7.1
The Munekata Sisters
1950
5.6
White Beast
1950NR
Song of Love
1950
NR
Duel in the Sun
1950
NR
Haha tsubaki
1950
NR
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
NR
Kagebōshi
1950
10.0
Scarface Senta
1949
NR
A Woman's Fight
1949
NR
Yūkyō no mure
1948
7.5
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948NR
A Woman Who Convicts Men
1948
7.0
A Second Life
1948
7.0
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
NR
As Long as I Live
1946