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