So Yamamura

Acting · Born 1910-02-24 in Tenri, Nara, Japan

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.

Filmography

• Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Okishima
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah as Prime Minister
• Tokyo Story as Koichi Hirayama
• Early Spring as Yutaka Kawai
• Gung Ho as Mr. Sakamoto
• The Love of the Actress Sumako as Hôgetsu Shimamura
• Repast
• Sound of the Mountain as Ogata Shingo
• Japan's Longest Day as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

TV

• ザ・ハングマン
• Professional Killers as Hanemon Otowaya
• Pearl as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
• The Yagyu Conspiracy as Yagyu Munenori
• Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest as Yagyu Munenori