So Yamamura

Acting 173 credits

Birthday

Feb 24, 1910

Day of Death

May 26, 2000 (90 years)

Place of Birth

Tenri, Nara, Japan

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.

So Yamamura

Biography

Movies (164)

Going West: to the West

Daybreak Chorus

A Woman's Fight

Tokyo Story

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Purple Hood

Tange Sazen

Tsukigata Hanpeita

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Gung Ho

The Retreat from Kiska

Tokyo Bordello

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

The Barbarian and the Geisha

Early Spring

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

TV Shows (9)

Professional Killers

Haru no Sakamichi

Yagyu's Secret Quest

The Yagyu Conspiracy

ザ・ハングマン

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

Pearl

Ningen no Shōmei

Hijo no License

As Crew... (8)

The Black Current

The Doctor

The Doctor

The Cannery Boat

The Cannery Boat

Kashima-nada no onna

Hahakogusa

Deep River Melody