So Yamamura
Born in Tenri, Nara, Japan — Feb 24 1910• Died May 26 2000
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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.
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Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya
Haru no Sakamichi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
Ningen no Shōmei
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
Tokyo Bordello
Isaburo Okura
ザ・ハングマン
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
An Lushan
Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gômune Jindaiyu
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai
Pearl
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Hôgetsu Shimamura
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
The Retreat from Kiska
Kawashima
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tateoka
Repast
The Second Is a Christian
Nakatsugawa
The Munekata Sisters
Ryosuke Mimura
The Sand City in Manchuria
Ishigami
The Militarists
Mitsumasa Yonai
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
Striving to Live
Little Peach
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
The Last War
Prime Minister Masaki
Main Line to Terror
The Inheritance
Senzô
A Geisha's Diary
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori
Akitsu Hot Springs
Mikami
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prime Minister Kuroki
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Till We Meet Again
Daisuke Kaji
With Beauty and Sorrow
Toshio Ôki
With Songs in My Heart
Hijo no License
矢部
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
The Orphan Brother
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Tokusuke Rôjin
Life of a Country Doctor
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Dancing Girl
Yagi
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The husband
日本敗れず
The Lady of Musashino
Eiji Ono
The White Orchid
White Beast
Ghost Story of Youth
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Darkness at Noon
Yuji
Shag
Night Butterflies
Ichiro Shirasawa
Seven Masks of Revenge
A Flame at the Pier
Glory on the Summit
Professional Killers
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Tachibana
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
Kirare no Senta
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Records of loyal vassals
Miki, the Swordman
Hirate Miki
The School of Flesh
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Star of Hong Kong
Gentaro Sugimoto
Hell's Companion
If Indeed One Loves
Gorô (segment 3)
Modern People
Sister with Sister
Michisuke Nishikata
Deep River Melody
A Public Benefactor
Kappei Arima
Miniature
Wakabayashi
Kagebōshi
小山田鉄心
Detective Duel
Hell's Juggler
Born in Sin
Oban kanketsu hen
Women of Tokyo
Shoichi Kagami
Homecoming
Duel in the Sun
Attorney
The Ataka Family
Hole in One
Keikichi Shirasu
Their Legacy
The Purple Hood
Netsuai sha
Murai
The Estuary
Song of Love
Ditch
Police Precinct Part 14
Maruyama
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Yasukichi Sakaza
A Roaring Trade
Nemuri Kyōshirō
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Governor Tamura
His Pistol is Hell
Victory and Defeat
Kimpei Minegishi
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Burden of Love
Jozaburo Araki
Across the Darkness
Takazawa
The Black Current
Whirlwind Magistrate
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Hirate (Sake brewer)
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
Gonin no totsugeki tai
Drunkard's Paradise
春のみづうみ
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Ninja Assassins
Senka o koete
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Passion Fire
奥田金馬太郎
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Masayuki Hoshina
Samurai Hawk
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Okuni and Gohei
Tomonojo
Yume de aritai
Summer in Eclipse
Kozo Mishima
Murahachibu
Yūkyō no mure
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Going West: to the West
Shogo Kawahara
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kijima
Honoo no hada
Hahakogusa
Mr. Fujiki
Jigoku bana
Kashima-nada no onna
Directing
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Katsura Kogoro
Epitaph to My Love
Kimura
恐怖の空中殺人
劉元章
Hibari no komoriuta
A Second Life
Musume to watashi
Tange Sazen
Ano hito wa ima
When It Rains, It Pours
白磁の人
Haitoku no mesu
Naoyuki Nishizawa
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
Ganpeki
The Wind Blows Twice
The Harbor Lights
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
The Doctor
Daybreak Chorus
Shingo Koide
Karatachi no hana
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
An Eagle Eyed Lord
The Cannery Boat
Matsuki
Love and Duty
Yagyu Abaretabi
Love's Family Tree
As Long as I Live
Kanei Command Performance
Rumba of Passion
Who Will Judge Me?
Roar and Earth
お月様には悪いけど
ヤーさん
Oka wa hanazakari
Frame of Snow
Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
A Woman's Fight
A Young Samurai
続べらんめぇ芸者
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Yagyu Munenori