So Yamamura
Known for
Acting
Born
February 24, 1910
Birthplace
Tenri, Nara, Japan
Died
May 26, 2000 (aged 90)
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.
Best known work
Tokyo Story
1953
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Gung Ho
1986
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Early Spring
1956
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Antarctica
1983Filmography
1997
Going West: to the Westas Shogo Kawahara
1992
1991
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorahas Prime Minister
1990
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Bladesas Yagyu Munenori
1990
1989
1987
Tokyo Bordelloas Isaburo Okura
1986
Gung Hoas Mr. Sakamoto
1985
The Second Is a Christianas Nakatsugawa
1983
1983
Antarcticaas Iwakiri Sencho
1982
1982
1980
ザ・ハングマンTV1980
1980
1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzoas Masayuki Hoshina
1978
1978
1978
1978
1975
1974
Prophecies of Nostradamusas Prime Minister Kuroki
1974
Professional Killers – Assignment by Nightas Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973