Birthday: Feb 24, 1910
Place of Birth: Tenri, Japan

Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura Sō, 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

Movie	Cast	Year
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl		1952
Tora! Tora! Tora!	Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto	1970
Early Spring	Yutaka Kawai	1956
Striving to Live		1955
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love	Okishima	1959
Yume de aritai		1962
Police Precinct Part 14	Maruyama	1960
Gung Ho	Mr. Sakamoto	1986
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah	Prime Minister	1991
Victory and Defeat	Kimpei Minegishi	1960
Riverside Fish Market Empire		1952
Duel in the Sun	Attorney	1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog	Hirate (Sake brewer)	1950
The Love of the Actress Sumako	Hôgetsu Shimamura	1947
Musume to watashi		1962
Who Will Judge Me?		1951
Repast		1951
Sound of the Mountain	Ogata Shingo	1954
Japan's Longest Day	Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai	1967
Antarctica	Iwakiri Sencho	1983
The Barbarian and the Geisha	Governor Tamura	1958
Tokyo Story	Koichi Hirayama	1953
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance		1963
Song of Love		1950
Gonin no totsugeki tai		1961
The Estuary		1961
Tokyo Twilight	Seki Sekiguchi	1957
The Munekata Sisters	Ryosuke Mimura	1950
Hell's Companion		1959
Princess Yang Kwei Fei	An Lushan	1955
White Beast		1950
Oban kanketsu hen		1958
The Last War	Prime Minister Masaki	1961
Star of Hong Kong	Gentaro Sugimoto	1962
あの空の果てに星はまたたく		1962
The Inheritance	Senzô	1962
Kanei Command Performance		1983
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo	Masayuki Hoshina	1980
Hole in One	Keikichi Shirasu	1957
With Beauty and Sorrow	Toshio Ôki	1965
Little Peach	Heishiro Hirayama, the father	1958
Love's Family Tree		1961
Kagebōshi	小山田鉄心	1950
Passion Fire	奥田金馬太郎	1952
Modern People		1952
Women of Tokyo	Shoichi Kagami	1961
Dancing Girl	Yagi	1951
An Inlet of Muddy Water		1953
Records of loyal vassals		1962
Murahachibu		1953
白磁の人		1957
The School of Flesh		1965
Miniature	Wakabayashi	1953
Hahakogusa	Mr. Fujiki	1959
Sara no hana no toge		1955
春のみづうみ		1956
A Roaring Trade		1962
A Public Benefactor	Kappei Arima	1964
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan		1992
A Flame at the Pier		1962
Akitsu Hot Springs		1962
Samurai Hawk		1961
The Lady of Musashino	Eiji Ono	1951
Shag		1978
Night Butterflies	Ichiro Shirasawa	1957
The Wind Blows Twice		1952
Yūkyō no mure		1948
The 47 Masterless Samurai		1959
The Second Is a Christian	Nakatsugawa	1985
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2		1960
The Cannery Boat	Matsuki	1953
The Militarists	Mitsumasa Yonai	1970
With Songs in My Heart		1958
The Sand City in Manchuria	Ishigami	1960
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps	Taiwan Army Chief of Staff	1962
Deep River Melody		1960
Sister with Sister	Michisuke Nishikata	1958
Detective Duel		1958
The Ataka Family		1952
Diary of a Mad Old Man	Tokusuke Rôjin	1962
Okuni and Gohei	Tomonojo	1952
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku	Councilor Matsudaira Izu	1961
The Ditch		1954
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate		1959
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4		1961
Nemuri Kyōshirō		1989
Life of a Country Doctor		1960
The Retreat from Kiska	Kawashima	1965
Ninja Assassins		1960
A Woman in the Typhoon Area	Kijima	1948
The Black Current		1954
Portrait of Madame Yuki	Tateoka	1950
A Geisha's Diary	Kiyomasa Tsutsui	1961
Burden of Love	Jozaburo Araki	1955
Main Line to Terror		1975
Professional Killers	Hanemon(Otowaya)	1973
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry	Hanemon(Otowaya)	1973
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night	Hanemon(Otowaya)	1974
Typhoon Over Nagasaki		1957
Epitaph to My Love	Kimura	1961
When It Rains, It Pours		1957
The Purple Hood		1958
Drunkard's Paradise		1962
The Orphan Brother	Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)	1961
Seven Masks of Revenge		1955
Darkness at Noon	Yuji	1956
Jigoku bana		1957
The Harbor Lights		1961
Born in Sin		1962
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S		1982
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2		1959
Miki, the Swordman	Hirate Miki	1951
Men in a Rough Town		1959
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance	Tachibana	1963
Glory on the Summit		1962
Till We Meet Again	Daisuke Kaji	1955
The Woman Who Touched the Legs	Yasukichi Sakaza	1952
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril	Gômune Jindaiyu	1972
Ghost Story of Youth	Tetsuya, father of Chiharu	1955
Honoo no hada		1951
Senka o koete		1950
Tange Sazen		1990
Hibari no komoriuta		1951
Their Legacy		1962
Prophecies of Nostradamus	Prime Minister Kuroki	1974
Kirare no Senta		1949
The White Orchid		1951
As Long as I Live		1946
Love and Duty		1954
My Wonderful Yellow Car	The husband	1953
A Second Life		1948
Ai Sureba Koso	Gorô (segment 3)	1955
Tsukigata Hanpeita	Katsura Kogoro	1956
Rumba of Passion		1950
Hell's Juggler		1961
An Eagle Eyed Lord		1961
Haitoku no mesu	Naoyuki Nishizawa	1961
Roar and Earth		1957
Homecoming		1950
Across the Darkness	Takazawa	1959
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord		1959
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu		1950
Ganpeki		1953
Series	Cast	Year
Haru no Sakamichi	Tokugawa Ieyasu	1971
ザ・ハングマン		1980
Ningen no Shōmei		1978
Professional Killers	Hanemon Otowaya	1972
Pearl	Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)	1978
The Yagyu Conspiracy	Yagyu Munenori	1978
Yagyu's Secret Quest	Yagyu Munenori	1980
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest	Yagyu Munenori	1982

Sō Yamamura

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