So Yamamura
Known for: Acting
Born: February 24, 1910
Died: May 26, 2000
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.
Known for
Musume to watashi
1962
Murahachibu
1953
The Doctor
1955
A Public Benefactor
1964
The Cannery Boat
1953
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
The Black Current
1954
Burden of Love
1955
Miki, the Swordman
1951
Their Legacy
1962
A Second Life
1948
Roar and Earth
1957
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
The Chieko Story
1957
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Striving to Live
1955
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
The Estuary
1961
Hell's Companion
1959
White Beast
1950
Little Peach
1958
Women of Tokyo
1961
Dancing Girl
1951
白磁の人
1957
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
1961
The Retreat from Kiska
1965
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Across the Darkness
1959
Summer in Eclipse
1956
Frame of Snow
1955
First Love Story
1957
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
The Inheritance
1962
Hole in One
1957
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Modern People
1952
The School of Flesh
1965
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
With Songs in My Heart
1958
Okuni and Gohei
1952
Ninja Assassins
1960
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
Professional Killers
1973
Till We Meet Again
1955
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
Tange Sazen
1990
Love and Duty
1954
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
Ganpeki
1953
A Young Samurai
1955
Ano hito wa ima
1963
A Woman's Fight
1949
お月様には悪いけど
1954
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
Wagtail Tune
1951
Autumn Interlude
1954
Mama's Diary
1954
Police Precinct Part 14
1960
Victory and Defeat
1960
Japan's Longest Day
1967
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
Love's Family Tree
1961
Passion Fire
1952
Miniature
1953
The Militarists
1970
The Sand City in Manchuria
1960
Sister with Sister
1958
Detective Duel
1958
Ditch
1954
Whirlwind Magistrate
1959
A Geisha's Diary
1961
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
Jigoku bana
1957
日本敗れず
1954
Going West: to the West
1997
The Silent Murder
1959
The House Where Flowers Bloom
1963
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Tokyo Story
1953
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
The Lady of Musashino
1951
The 47 Masterless Samurai
1959
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Deep River Melody
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Epitaph to My Love
1961
Honoo no hada
1951
Senka o koete
1950
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Kirare no Senta
1949
His Pistol is Hell
1958
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
Gendai Mushuku
1958
Early Spring
1956
Yume de aritai
1962
Gung Ho
1986
Gonin no totsugeki tai
1961
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Night Butterflies
1957
Yūkyō no mure
1948
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Born in Sin
1962
If Indeed One Loves
1955
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Karatachi no hana
1954
Daybreak Chorus
1963
Antarctica
1983
Song of Love
1950
Hahakogusa
1959
The Ataka Family
1952
As Long as I Live
1946
Haitoku no mesu
1961
Homecoming
1950
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959
Duel in the Sun
1950
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Star of Hong Kong
1962
The Wind Blows Twice
1952
The Second Is a Christian
1985
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
The Last War
1961
Records of loyal vassals
1962
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
The Orphan Brother
1961
Rumba of Passion
1950
恐怖の空中殺人
1956
A Meeting of Youths
1952
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Repast
1951
When It Rains, It Pours
1957
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
The Bastards of Lawless Town
1959
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
1960
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
Darkness at Noon
1956
Kagebōshi
1950
The Harbor Lights
1961
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
1955
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950
Netsuai sha
1961
A Flame at the Pier
1962
Samurai Hawk
1961
Main Line to Terror
1975
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Shag
1978
The Purple Hood
1958
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
Glory on the Summit
1962
The White Orchid
1951
An Eagle Eyed Lord
1961
Hell's Juggler
1961
A Roaring Trade
1962
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Riverside Fish Market Empire
1952
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
ザ・ハングマン
1980
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
Professional Killers
1972
Pearl
1978
The Yagyu Conspiracy
1978
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
Hijo no License
1973
Tasukenin Hashiru
1973