So Yamamura
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1970
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
1956
Striving to Live
1955
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
1959
Yume de aritai
1962
Police Precinct Part 14
as Maruyama
1960
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
1986
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
1991
Victory and Defeat
as Kimpei Minegishi
1960
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Duel in the Sun
as Attorney
1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Hirate (Sake brewer)
1950
The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Hôgetsu Shimamura
1947
Musume to watashi
1962
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
Repast
1951
Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Shingo
1954
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
1967
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
1983
TV Appearances
Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
1971
ザ・ハングマン
1980
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya
1972
Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
1978
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori
1978
Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
1980
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
1982
Hijo no License
as 矢部
1973