So Yamamura

So Yamamura

1910-02-24 – 2000-05-26 (age 90) Tenri, Nara, Japan
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Biography

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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Known For

Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story

1953

as Koichi Hirayama

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

1991

as Prime Minister

Gung Ho
Gung Ho

1986

as Mr. Sakamoto

Tokyo Bordello
Tokyo Bordello

1987

as Isaburo Okura

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day

1967

as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow

1965

as Toshio Ôki

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Antarctica
Antarctica

1983

as Iwakiri Sencho

Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight

1957

as Seki Sekiguchi

The Orphan Brother
The Orphan Brother

1961

as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

Portrait of Madame Yuki
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei

1955

as An Lushan

Repast
Early Spring
Early Spring

1956

as Yutaka Kawai

The Retreat from Kiska
The Retreat from Kiska

1965

as Kawashima

Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

as Prime Minister Kuroki

Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

1980

as Masayuki Hoshina

The Inheritance
The Inheritance

1962

as Senzô