Sō Yamamura

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1910-02-24

Deathday 2000-05-26 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Tenri, Japan

Also Known As Hirosada Koga, 山村聡, 山村聰, Со Ямамура, 山村聪, Soh Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

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.

Known For

Actor

1991
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

as Prime Minister

1986
Gung Ho

as Mr. Sakamoto

1985
1983
Antarctica

as Iwakiri Sencho

1982
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

as Yagyu Munenori

1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo

as Masayuki Hoshina

1980
Yagyu's Secret Quest

as Yagyu Munenori

1978
1978
Pearl

as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)

1978
The Yagyu Conspiracy

as Yagyu Munenori

1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus

as Prime Minister Kuroki

1973
Professional Killers

as Hanemon(Otowaya)

1972
Professional Killers

as Hanemon Otowaya

1971
Haru no Sakamichi

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

1970
The Militarists

as Mitsumasa Yonai

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

1967
Japan's Longest Day

as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

1965
1965
With Beauty and Sorrow

as Toshio Ôki

1964
A Public Benefactor

as Kappei Arima

1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man

as Tokusuke Rôjin

1962
Star of Hong Kong

as Gentaro Sugimoto

1962
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff

1962
The Inheritance

as Senzô

1961
The Last War

as Prime Minister Masaki

1961
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku

as Councilor Matsudaira Izu

1961
Haitoku no mesu

as Naoyuki Nishizawa

1961
A Geisha's Diary

as Kiyomasa Tsutsui

1961
The Orphan Brother

as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)

1961
1961
Women of Tokyo

as Shoichi Kagami

1960
1960
Victory and Defeat

as Kimpei Minegishi

1959
1959
Hahakogusa

as Mr. Fujiki

1958
Sister with Sister

as Michisuke Nishikata

1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha

as Governor Tamura

1958
Little Peach

as Heishiro Hirayama, the father

1957
Hole in One

as Keikichi Shirasu

1957
Tokyo Twilight

as Seki Sekiguchi

1957
Night Butterflies

as Ichiro Shirasawa

1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita

as Katsura Kogoro

1956
1956
Early Spring

as Yutaka Kawai

1955
Ai Sureba Koso

as Gorô (segment 3)

1955
Till We Meet Again

as Daisuke Kaji

1955
1955
Ghost Story of Youth

as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu

1955
Burden of Love

as Jozaburo Araki

1954
Sound of the Mountain

as Ogata Shingo

1953
Tokyo Story

as Koichi Hirayama

1953
The Cannery Boat

as Matsuki

1953
Miniature

as Wakabayashi

1953
1952
Passion Fire

as 奥田金馬太郎

1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs

as Yasukichi Sakaza

1952
Okuni and Gohei

as Tomonojo

1951
1951
Miki, the Swordman

as Hirate Miki

1951
1951
Dancing Girl

as Yagi

1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

as Hirate (Sake brewer)

1950
The Munekata Sisters

as Ryosuke Mimura

1950
Duel in the Sun

as Attorney

1950
Kagebōshi

as 小山田鉄心

1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako

as Hôgetsu Shimamura

Director

1960
Deep River Melody

as Director

1959
Hahakogusa

as Director

1959
1955
1954
The Black Current

as Director

1953
The Cannery Boat

as Director

Writer

1955
Sara no hana no toge

as Screenplay

1953
The Cannery Boat

as Screenplay