Biography
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.
Filmography
all 154
Movies 144
TV Shows 10
Director 4
Prime Minister
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
Movie
6.05
Takebe Senjuro
Nemuri Kyōshirō (1989)
Movie
Mr. Sakamoto
Gung Ho (1986)
Movie
Nakatsugawa
The Second Is a Christian (1985)
Movie
Iwakiri Sencho
Antarctica (1983)
Movie
Yagyû Tajima-no-Kami Munenori
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest (1982)
TV
Yagyû Tajima-no-Kami Munenori
Yagyu's Secret Quest (1980)
TV
Masayuki nishina
Shadow Warriors (1980)
TV
Osamu Masayuki
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo (1980)
Movie
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
Pearl (1978)
TV
Munenori Yagyû
The Yagyu Conspiracy (1978)
TV
Prime Minister Matsukawa
Submersion of Japan (1974)
TV
Prime Minister Kuroki
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
Movie
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night (1974)
Movie
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry (1973)
Movie
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers (1973)
Movie
Gômune Jindaiyu
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Movie
5
Han'emon Otowaya
Professional Killers (1972)
TV
Mitsumasa Yonai
The Militarists (1970)
Movie
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Movie
6
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Movie
Kawashima
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
Movie
Toshio Ôki
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
Movie
Toshinobu Hira
The School of Flesh (1965)
Movie
Kappei Arima
A Public Benefactor (1964)
Movie
Shinzô Tagaya
Born in Sin (1962)
Movie
Gentarô Sugimoto
Star of Hong Kong (1962)
Movie
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)
Movie
Shiro Iwatani
Musume to watashi (1962)
Movie
Heitaro Misawa
Their Legacy (1962)
Movie
Prime Minister Masaki
The Last War (1961)
Movie
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku (1961)
Movie
Naoyuki Nishizawa
Haitoku no mesu (1961)
Movie
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
A Geisha's Diary (1961)
Movie
Fujiwara No Morozane
The Orphan Brother (1961)
Movie
Gen. Mayor Soje
Gonin no totsugeki tai (1961)
Movie
Shoichi Kagami
Women of Tokyo (1961)
Movie
Director
Deep River Melody (1960)
Movie
Seizan Ishigami
The Sand City in Manchuria (1960)
Movie
Dr. Meikai Ikeda
Life of a Country Doctor (1960)
Movie
Kimpei Minegishi
Victory and Defeat (1960)
Movie
Wataru Takazawa
Across the Darkness (1959)
Movie
Director
Kashima-nada no onna (1959)
Movie
Director
Hahakogusa (1959)
Movie
Michisuke Nishikata
Sister with Sister (1958)
Movie
Governor Tamura
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
Movie
Heishiro Hirayama - the father
Little Peach (1958)
Movie
Kentaro Ukishima
Roar and Earth (1957)
Movie
Keikichi Shirasu
Hole in One (1957)
Movie
Umasuke
Jigoku bana (1957)
Movie
Okubo, Father of Tanes children
When It Rains, It Pours (1957)
Movie
Seki Sekiguchi
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Movie
3.75
Ichiro Shirosawa
Night Butterflies (1957)
Movie
Katsura Kogoro
Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956)
Movie
Actor
春のみづうみ (1956)
Movie
Yutaka Kawai
Early Spring (1956)
Movie
Director
Sara no hana no toge (1955)
Movie
Gorô (segment 3)
Ai Sureba Koso (1955)
Movie
Daisuke Kaji
Till We Meet Again (1955)
Movie
An Lushan
Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
Movie
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
Movie
Jozaburo Araki
Burden of Love (1955)
Movie
Shingo Ogata
Sound of the Mountain (1954)
Movie
Koichi Hirayama
Tokyo Story (1953)
Movie
4.73
Matsuki
The Cannery Boat (1953)
Movie
Wakabayashi
Miniature (1953)
Movie
The husband
My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953)
Movie
Yasukichi Sakaza
The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
Movie
Tomonojo
Okuni and Gohei (1952)
Movie
Takayoshi Michihara
The Wind Blows Twice (1952)
Movie
Miki Hirate
Miki, the Swordman (1951)
Movie
Motoo Yagi
Dancing Girl (1951)
Movie
Ryosuke Mimura, Setsuko's husband
The Munekata Sisters (1950)
Movie
Ryosuke Izumi
White Beast (1950)
Movie
Attorney
Duel in the Sun (1950)
Movie
Kijima gangster boss
A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948)
Movie
Sekigawa
A Second Life (1948)
Movie
Hôgetsu Shimamura
The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
Movie
Mizoguchi
Chikagai nijuyojikan (1947)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1910-02-24
Deathday2000-05-26 (90 years old)
Birth Name古賀 寛定
Birth PlaceTenri, Japan
FatherChitose Koga
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known AsHirosada Koga, 山村聡, 山村聰, Со Ямамура, 山村聪, Soh Yamamura
AwardsBlue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer, Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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