So Yamamura

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So Yamamura

Acting February 24, 1910

Tenri, Nara, Japan

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…

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Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

8.1 1953 Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

7.2 1970 Movie
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

8.1 1959 Movie
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

6.9 1991 Movie
Gung Ho

Gung Ho

6.1 1986 Movie
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

7.3 1972 Movie
Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

7.7 1957 Movie
Early Spring

Early Spring

7.5 1956 Movie
Haru no Sakamichi

Haru no Sakamichi

1971 TV Show
Professional Killers

Professional Killers

8.0 1972 TV Show
Princess Yang Kwei-fei

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

6.7 1955 Movie
Antarctica

Antarctica

7.2 1983 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1997
    Going West: to the West

    Movie Shogo Kawahara

  2. 1992
    Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

    Movie

  3. 1991
    Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

    Movie Prime Minister

  4. 1990
    The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades

    Movie Yagyu Munenori

  5. 1990
    Tange Sazen

    Movie

  6. 1989
    Nemuri Kyōshirō

    Movie

  7. 1987
    Tokyo Bordello

    Movie Isaburo Okura

  8. 1986
    Gung Ho

    Movie Mr. Sakamoto

  9. 1985
    The Second Is a Christian

    Movie Nakatsugawa

  10. 1983
    Kanei Command Performance

    Movie

  11. 1983
    Antarctica

    Movie Iwakiri Sencho

  12. 1982
    The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S

    Movie

  13. 1982
    Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

    TV show Yagyu Munenori

  14. 1980
    ザ・ハングマン

    TV show

  15. 1980
    Yagyu's Secret Quest

    TV show Yagyu Munenori

  16. 1980
    Yagyu Abaretabi

    Movie

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  1. 1980
    Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

    Movie Masayuki Hoshina

  2. 1978
    Pearl

    TV show Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)

  3. 1978
    The Yagyu Conspiracy

    TV show Yagyu Munenori

  4. 1978
    Shag

    Movie

  5. 1978
    Ningen no Shōmei

    TV show

  6. 1975
    Main Line to Terror

    Movie

  7. 1974
    Prophecies of Nostradamus

    Movie Prime Minister Kuroki

  8. 1974
    Professional Killers – Assignment by Night

    Movie Hanemon(Otowaya)

  9. 1973
    Tasukenin Hashiru

    TV show

  10. 1973
    Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

    Movie Hanemon(Otowaya)

  11. 1973
    Professional Killers

    Movie Hanemon(Otowaya)

  12. 1973
    Hijo no License

    TV show 矢部

  13. 1972
    Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

    Movie Gômune Jindaiyu

  14. 1972
    Professional Killers

    TV show Hanemon Otowaya

  15. 1971
    Haru no Sakamichi

    TV show Tokugawa Ieyasu

  16. 1970
    The Militarists

    Movie Mitsumasa Yonai

  17. 1970
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Movie Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

  18. 1967
    Japan's Longest Day

    Movie Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

  19. 1965
    The Retreat from Kiska

    Movie Kawashima

  20. 1965
    With Beauty and Sorrow

    Movie Toshio Ôki

  21. 1965
    The School of Flesh

    Movie

  22. 1965
    Ane to imôto

    Movie Yoshirô Takaoka

  23. 1964
    A Public Benefactor

    Movie Kappei Arima

  24. 1963
    Daybreak Chorus

    Movie Shingo Koide