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.
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Filmography
all 150
Movies 141
TV Shows 9
Director 4
Voice 1
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan (1992)
Movie
Prime Minister
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
Movie
6.05
Tange Sazen (1990)
Movie
Takebe Senjuro
Nemuri Kyōshirō (1989)
Movie
Mr. Sakamoto
Gung Ho (1986)
Movie
Nakatsugawa
The Second Is a Christian (1985)
Movie
Kanei Command Performance (1983)
Movie
Iwakiri Sencho
Antarctica (1983)
Movie
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S (1982)
Movie
Yagyû Tajima-no-Kami Munenori
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest (1982)
TV
ザ・ハングマン (1980)
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
Dog Whistle (1978)
Movie
Main Line to Terror (1975)
Movie
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
Actor
Haru no Sakamichi (1971)
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
Actor
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance (1963)
Movie
Actor
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance (1963)
Movie
3.33
Shinzô Tagaya
Born in Sin (1962)
Movie
Utsugi
Diary of a Mad Old Man (1962)
Movie
A Flame at the Pier (1962)
Movie
Records of loyal vassals (1962)
Movie
Actor
Glory on the Summit (1962)
Movie
Gentaro Sugimoto
Star of Hong Kong (1962)
Movie
Mikami
Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
Movie
Ano sura no hate ni hoshi hama tataku (1962)
Movie
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)
Movie
Shiro Iwatani
Musume to watashi (1962)
Movie
Senzô
The Inheritance (1962)
Movie
Drunkard's Paradise (1962)
Movie
Yume de aritai (1962)
Movie
Heitaro Misawa
Their Legacy (1962)
Movie
A Roaring Trade (1962)
Movie
Love's Family Tree (1961)
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
The Estuary (1961)
Movie
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
The Orphan Brother (1961)
Movie
An Eagle Eyed Lord (1961)
Movie
Kimura
Epitaph to My Love (1961)
Movie
五人の突撃隊 (1961)
Movie
Samurai Hawk (1961)
Movie
Shoichi Kagami
Women of Tokyo (1961)
Movie
Actor
The Harbor Lights (1961)
Movie
Hell's Juggler (1961)
Movie
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 (1961)
Movie
Director
Deep River Melody (1960)
Movie
Seizan Ishigami
The Sand City in Manchuria (1960)
Movie
Life of a Country Doctor (1960)
Movie
Ninja Assassins (1960)
Movie
Maruyama
Police Precinct Part 14 (1960)
Movie
Kimpei Minegishi
Victory and Defeat (1960)
Movie
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 (1960)
Movie
Wataru Takazawa
Across the Darkness (1959)
Movie
Director
Kashima-nada no onna (1959)
Movie
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord (1959)
Movie
Actor
Hell's Companion (1959)
Movie
Director
Hahakogusa (1959)
Movie
Actor
Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate (1959)
Movie
Actor
Men in a Rough Town (1959)
Movie
Actor
The 47 Masterless Samurai (1959)
Movie
Okishima
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Movie
4.75
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 (1959)
Movie
Michisuke Nishikata
Sister with Sister (1958)
Movie
The Purple Hood (1958)
Movie
Governor Tamura
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
Movie
With Songs in My Heart (1958)
Movie
Detective Duel (1958)
Movie
Oban kanketsu hen (1958)
Movie
Heishiro Hirayama - the father
Little Peach (1958)
Movie
Kentaro Ukishima
Roar and Earth (1957)
Movie
Keikichi Shirasu
Hole in One (1957)
Movie
Jigoku bana (1957)
Movie
When It Rains, It Pours (1957)
Movie
Seki Sekiguchi
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Movie
3.75
Ichiro Shirosawa
Night Butterflies (1957)
Movie
Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1957)
Movie
白磁の人 (1957)
Movie
Katsura Kogoro
Tsukigata Hanpeita (1956)
Movie
Yuji
Darkness at Noon (1956)
Movie
春のみづうみ (1956)
Movie
Yutaka Kawai
Early Spring (1956)
Movie
Director
Sara no hana no toge (1955)
Movie
Seven Masks of Revenge (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
Striving to Live (1955)
Movie
Actor
The Black Current (1954)
Movie
The Ditch (1954)
Movie
Love and Duty (1954)
Movie
Shingo Ogata
Sound of the Mountain (1954)
Movie
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Movie
Koichi Hirayama
Tokyo Story (1953)
Movie
4.73
Matsuki
The Cannery Boat (1953)
Movie
Wakabayashi
Miniature (1953)
Movie
Murahachibu (1953)
Movie
The husband
My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953)
Movie
Actor
Jōka (1952)
Movie
Yasukichi Sakaza
The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
Movie
Actor
Modern People (1952)
Movie
The Ataka Family (1952)
Movie
Kin no tamago: Golden girl (1952)
Movie
Tomonojo
Okuni and Gohei (1952)
Movie
Riverside Fish Market Empire (1952)
Movie
Takayoshi Michihara
The Wind Blows Twice (1952)
Movie
Repast (1951)
Movie
Miki Hirate
Miki, the Swordman (1951)
Movie
Honoo no hada (1951)
Movie
Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
Movie
Eiji Ono
The Lady of Musashino (1951)
Movie
Motoo Yagi
Dancing Girl (1951)
Movie
Actor
Who Will Judge Me? (1951)
Movie
Actor
The White Orchid (1951)
Movie
Rumba of Passion (1950)
Movie
Homecoming (1950)
Movie
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog (1950)
Movie
Tateoka
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
Movie
Actor
Senka o koete (1950)
Movie
Ryosuke Mimura
The Munekata Sisters (1950)
Movie
Ryosuke Izumi
White Beast (1950)
Movie
Song of Love (1950)
Movie
Attorney
Duel in the Sun (1950)
Movie
小山田鉄心
Kagebōshi (1950)
Movie
Actor
Kirare no Senta (1949)
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
As Long as I Live (1946)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.58
Based on 173 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1910-02-24
Deathday2000-05-26 (90 years old)
Birth Name古賀 寛定
Birth PlaceTenri, Japan
FatherChitose Koga
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsSo Yamamura, Hirosada 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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