So Yamamura
Known For
Acting
Born
1910-02-24 in Tenri, Nara, Japan
Died
2000-05-26
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.
Most Known For
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
ザ・ハングマン
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
The Inheritance
as Senzô
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as An Lushan
Tokyo Bordello
as Isaburo Okura
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Shingo