So Yamamura
Actor
- Born
- February 24, 1910 · Tenri, Nara, Japan
- Died
- May 26, 2000 (age 90)
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
Tokyo Story
November 3, 1953
Tora! Tora! Tora!
January 26, 1970
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
January 15, 1959
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
December 14, 1991
Gung Ho
March 14, 1986
Tokyo Twilight
April 30, 1957
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
December 30, 1972
Early Spring
January 29, 1956
Sound of the Mountain
January 15, 1954
Antarctica
July 23, 1983
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
May 3, 1955
Repast
November 23, 1951
Acting181
- 1997Going West: to the West as Shogo Kawahara
- 1992Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
- 1991Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah as Prime Minister
- 1990The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades as Yagyu Munenori
- 1990Tange Sazen
- 1989Nemuri Kyōshirō
- 1987Tokyo Bordello as Isaburo Okura
- 1986Gung Ho as Mr. Sakamoto
- 1985The Second Is a Christian as Nakatsugawa
- 1983Kanei Command Performance
- 1983