
Actor
So Yamamura
Born 1910 · 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.
Directed
Acting

Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama · 1953

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima · 1959

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto · 1970

Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi · 1957

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister · 1991

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gômune Jindaiyu · 1972

Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai · 1956

Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto · 1986

Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo · 1954

Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho · 1983

Princess Yang Kwei-fei
An Lushan · 1955

The Munekata Sisters
Ryosuke Mimura · 1950

Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai · 1967

The Inheritance
Senzô · 1962

Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Hanemon(Otowaya) · 1974

Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tateoka · 1950

The Barbarian and the Geisha
Governor Tamura · 1958

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori · 1982

If Indeed One Loves
Gorô (segment 3) · 1955

Ghost Story of Youth
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu · 1955

Frame of Snow
Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather) · 1955

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Hanemon(Otowaya) · 1973

Akitsu Hot Springs
Mikami · 1962

A Geisha's Diary
Kiyomasa Tsutsui · 1961





