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