So Yamamura
Acting
February 24, 1910
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.
Movies
The Harbor Lights
1961
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
1948
Tange Sazen
1990
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958
As Long as I Live
1946
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Tokyo Story
1953
Gung Ho
1986
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Love's Family Tree
1961
Miniature
1953
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Antarctica
1983
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Repast
1951
Early Spring
1956
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
