So Yamamura
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 24 February 1910 · Tenri, Nara, Japan
- Died
- 26 May 2000
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
Acting 182
- 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
- 1983Antarctica as Iwakiri Sencho
- 1982The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
- 1980Yagyu Abaretabi
- 1980Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo as Masayuki Hoshina
- 1978Shag
- 1975Main Line to Terror
- 1974Prophecies of Nostradamus as Prime Minister Kuroki
- 1974Professional Killers – Assignment by Night as Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry as Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973Professional Killers as Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril as Gômune Jindaiyu
- 1970The Militarists as Mitsumasa Yonai
- 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1967Japan's Longest Day as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
- 1965The Retreat from Kiska as Kawashima
- 1965With Beauty and Sorrow as Toshio Ôki
- 1965The School of Flesh
- 1965Ane to imôto as Yoshirô Takaoka
- 1964A Public Benefactor as Kappei Arima
- 1963Daybreak Chorus as Shingo Koide
- 1963Gang Loyalty and Vengeance as Tachibana
- 1963Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance as Mitsuhide
- 1963The House Where Flowers Bloom
- 1963Ano hito wa ima
- 1963At the Side of the Bridge 3
- 1962Born in Sin
- 1962Diary of a Mad Old Man as Tokusuke Rôjin
- 1962A Flame at the Pier
- 1962Records of loyal vassals
- 1962Glory on the Summit
- 1962Star of Hong Kong as Gentaro Sugimoto
- 1962Akitsu Hot Springs as Mikami
- 1962Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku as Kojiro Yamaguchi
- 1962The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
- 1962Musume to watashi
- 1962The Inheritance as Senzô
- 1962Drunkard's Paradise
- 1962Yume de aritai
- 1962Their Legacy
- 1962A Roaring Trade
- 1961Love's Family Tree
- 1961The Last War as Prime Minister Masaki
- 1961The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
- 1961Netsuai sha as Murai
- 1961Haitoku no mesu as Naoyuki Nishizawa
- 1961A Geisha's Diary as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
- 1961The Estuary
- 1961The Orphan Brother as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
- 1961An Eagle Eyed Lord
- 1961Epitaph to My Love as Kimura
- 1961Gonin no totsugeki tai
- 1961Samurai Hawk
- 1961Women of Tokyo as Shoichi Kagami
- 1961The Harbor Lights
- 1961The Human Condition as Okishima
- 1961I Am The Magician From Hell
- 1961The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
- 1961べらんめぇ藝者罷り通る
- 1960Deep River Melody
- 1960The Sand City in Manchuria as Ishigami
- 1960Life of a Country Doctor
- 1960Ninja Assassins
- 1960Police Precinct Part 14 as Maruyama
- 1960Victory and Defeat as Kimpei Minegishi
- 1960Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
- 1960続べらんめぇ芸者
- 1960The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
- 1959Across the Darkness as Takazawa
- 1959The Silent Murder
- 1959Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
- 1959Hell's Companion
- 1959Hahakogusa as Mr. Fujiki
- 1959Whirlwind Magistrate
- 1959The Bastards of Lawless Town
- 1959The 47 Masterless Samurai
- 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Okishima
- 1959Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
- 1958Sister with Sister as Michisuke Nishikata
- 1958The Purple Hood
- 1958The Barbarian and the Geisha as Governor Tamura
- 1958With Songs in My Heart
- 1958Detective Duel
- 1958Oban kanketsu hen
- 1958His Pistol is Hell
- 1958Gendai Mushuku as Nonomiya Shin
- 1958Little Peach as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
- 1957Roar and Earth
- 1957Hole in One as Keikichi Shirasu
- 1957First Love Story as Shohei Ganmaru
- 1957Night Butterflies as Ichiro Shirasawa
- 1957The Chieko Story as Kotaro Takamura
- 1957Jigoku bana
- 1957When It Rains, It Pours
- 1957Tokyo Twilight as Seki Sekiguchi
- 1957Typhoon Over Nagasaki
- 1957Hakuji no hito as Zensuke, Kanako's father
- 1956恐怖の空中殺人 as 劉元章
- 1956Yonjū-hassai no teikō
- 1956Tsukigata Hanpeita as Katsura Kogoro
- 1956Summer in Eclipse as Kozo Mishima
- 1956Darkness at Noon as Yuji
- 1956Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
- 1956Early Spring as Yutaka Kawai
- 1955The Doctor
- 1955Seven Masks of Revenge
- 1955If Indeed One Loves as Gorô (segment 3)
- 1955Till We Meet Again as Daisuke Kaji
- 1955Princess Yang Kwei-fei as An Lushan
- 1955Ghost Story of Youth as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
- 1955Frame of Snow as Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
- 1955A Young Samurai
- 1955Burden of Love as Jozaburo Araki
- 1955Striving to Live
- 1955美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
- 1954お月様には悪いけど as ヤーさん
- 1954日本敗れず
- 1954Karatachi no hana
- 1954The Black Current
- 1954Ditch
- 1954Love and Duty
- 1954Autumn Interlude as Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
- 1954Mama's Diary
- 1954Sound of the Mountain as Ogata Shingo
- 1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
- 1953Tokyo Story as Koichi Hirayama
- 1953The Cannery Boat as Matsuki
- 1953Ganpeki
- 1953Miniature as Wakabayashi
- 1953Murahachibu
- 1953My Wonderful Yellow Car as The husband
- 1952Passion Fire as 奥田金馬太郎
- 1952Oka wa hanazakari
- 1952The Woman Who Touched the Legs as Yasukichi Sakaza
- 1952Modern People
- 1952Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni
- 1952The Ataka Family
- 1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
- 1952Okuni and Gohei as Tomonojo
- 1952Riverside Fish Market Empire
- 1952The Wind Blows Twice as Takayoshi Michihara
- 1952A Meeting of Youths as Haruki Eda
- 1952Gunrō no machi
- 1951Repast
- 1951Miki, the Swordman as Hirate Miki
- 1951Honoo no hada
- 1951Hibari no komoriuta
- 1951The Lady of Musashino as Eiji Ono
- 1951Dancing Girl as Yagi
- 1951Wagtail Tune
- 1951Who Will Judge Me?
- 1951Freedom School
- 1951The White Orchid
- 1950Rumba of Passion
- 1950Homecoming
- 1950Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog as Hirate (Sake brewer)
- 1950Portrait of Madame Yuki as Tateoka
- 1950Crossing the Flames of War
- 1950The Munekata Sisters as Ryosuke Mimura
- 1950White Beast
- 1950Song of Love
- 1950Duel in the Sun as Attorney
- 1950Haha tsubaki
- 1950Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
- 1950Kagebōshi as 小山田鉄心
- 1949Scarface Senta
- 1949A Woman's Fight
- 1948Yūkyō no mure
- 1948A Woman in the Typhoon Area as Kijima
- 1948A Woman Who Convicts Men
- 1948A Second Life
- 1947The Love of the Actress Sumako as Hôgetsu Shimamura
- 1946As Long as I Live
Directing 6
- 1960Deep River Melody · director
- 1959Kashima-nada no onna · director
- 1959Hahakogusa · director
- 1955The Doctor · director
- 1954The Black Current · director
- 1953The Cannery Boat · director
Writing 2
- 1955The Doctor · screenplay
- 1953The Cannery Boat · screenplay