Sō Yamamura
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-02-24
Day of Death
2000-05-26 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Tenri, Japan
Sō Yamamura
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1997)
Going West: to the West
as Shogo Kawahara
(1992)
(1991)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
(1990)
(1989)
(1986)
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
(1985)
The Second Is a Christian
as Nakatsugawa
(1983)
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
(1983)
(1982)
(1980)
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Masayuki Hoshina
(1978)
(1975)
(1974)
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
(1974)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister Kuroki
(1973)
Professional Killers
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
(1973)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
(1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
(1970)
The Militarists
as Mitsumasa Yonai
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
(1965)
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Toshio Ôki
(1965)
The Retreat from Kiska
as Kawashima
(1965)
(1964)
A Public Benefactor
as Kappei Arima
(1963)
(1963)
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Tachibana
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Daybreak Chorus
as Shingo Koide
(1962)
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
(1962)
(1962)
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Mikami
(1962)
(1962)
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Tokusuke Rôjin
(1962)
(1962)
Star of Hong Kong
as Gentaro Sugimoto
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
The Inheritance
as Senzô
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
The Orphan Brother
as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
(1961)
(1961)
The Last War
as Prime Minister Masaki
(1961)
(1961)
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
(1961)
Haitoku no mesu
as Naoyuki Nishizawa
(1961)
A Geisha's Diary
as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
(1961)
Netsuai sha
as Murai
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Women of Tokyo
as Shoichi Kagami
(1961)
Epitaph to My Love
as Kimura
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
The Sand City in Manchuria
as Ishigami
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Police Precinct Part 14
as Maruyama
(1960)
(1960)
Victory and Defeat
as Kimpei Minegishi
(1960)
(1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Hahakogusa
as Mr. Fujiki
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Across the Darkness
as Takazawa
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
(1958)
Sister with Sister
as Michisuke Nishikata
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Little Peach
as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
(1958)
(1958)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
as Governor Tamura
(1957)
Tokyo Twilight
as Seki Sekiguchi
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
Hole in One
as Keikichi Shirasu
(1957)
Night Butterflies
as Ichiro Shirasawa
(1957)
(1956)
Summer in Eclipse
as Kozo Mishima
(1956)
Early Spring
as Yutaka Kawai
(1956)
(1956)
Darkness at Noon
as Yuji
(1956)
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Katsura Kogoro
(1955)
Burden of Love
as Jozaburo Araki
(1955)
Ai Sureba Koso
as Gorô (segment 3)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as An Lushan
(1955)
Till We Meet Again
as Daisuke Kaji
(1955)
(1955)
Ghost Story of Youth
as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
Sound of the Mountain
as Ogata Shingo
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The husband
(1953)
The Cannery Boat
as Matsuki
(1953)
(1953)
Miniature
as Wakabayashi
(1952)
Okuni and Gohei
as Tomonojo
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Passion Fire
as 奥田金馬太郎
(1952)
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
as Yasukichi Sakaza
(1952)
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
The Lady of Musashino
as Eiji Ono
(1951)
Miki, the Swordman
as Hirate Miki
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
Dancing Girl
as Yagi
(1951)
(1950)
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as Tateoka
(1950)
Duel in the Sun
as Attorney
(1950)
Kagebōshi
as 小山田鉄心
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Hirate (Sake brewer)
(1950)
(1950)
The Munekata Sisters
as Ryosuke Mimura
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1949)
(1949)
(1948)
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
as Kijima
(1948)
(1948)
(1947)
The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Hôgetsu Shimamura
(1946)
Crew
(1960)
Deep River Melody
Director
(1959)
Kashima-nada no onna
Director
(1959)
Hahakogusa
Director
(1955)
The Doctor
Director, Screenplay
(1954)
The Black Current
Director
(1953)
The Cannery Boat
Screenplay, Director