So Yamamura
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.
Known for
Going West: to the West
Shogo Kawahara
A Woman's Fight
Daybreak Chorus
Shingo Koide
Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
Burden of Love
Jozaburo Araki
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Haru no Sakamichi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
The Purple Hood
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kijima
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Katsura Kogoro
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
Tange Sazen
ザ・ハングマン
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gômune Jindaiyu
Modern People
The Orphan Brother
Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
The Last War
Prime Minister Masaki
A Flame at the Pier
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prime Minister Kuroki
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
An Lushan
Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Tokyo Bordello
Isaburo Okura
Little Peach
Heishiro Hirayama, the father
Pearl
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
Shag
Rumba of Passion
Sound of the Mountain
Ogata Shingo
Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho
Glory on the Summit
Repast
Miniature
Wakabayashi
Ningen no Shōmei
The Lady of Musashino
Eiji Ono
Gonin no totsugeki tai
日本敗れず
A Public Benefactor
Kappei Arima
With Beauty and Sorrow
Toshio Ôki
His Pistol is Hell
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Hôgetsu Shimamura
With Songs in My Heart
Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
The School of Flesh
Yūkyō no mure
Star of Hong Kong
Gentaro Sugimoto
The Inheritance
Senzô
The Retreat from Kiska
Kawashima
Hell's Companion
The Bastards of Lawless Town
Hibari no komoriuta
A Second Life
Kagebōshi
小山田鉄心
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Tateoka
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Hirate (Sake brewer)
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Till We Meet Again
Daisuke Kaji
The White Orchid
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Tachibana
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Masayuki Hoshina
The Munekata Sisters
Ryosuke Mimura
Song of Love
A Geisha's Diary
Kiyomasa Tsutsui
Hahakogusa
Mr. Fujiki
Akitsu Hot Springs
Mikami
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Ghost Story of Youth
Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The husband
Miki, the Swordman
Hirate Miki
The Second Is a Christian
Nakatsugawa
Summer in Eclipse
Kozo Mishima
Ditch
Senka o koete
Professional Killers
Hanemon(Otowaya)
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Governor Tamura
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Yasukichi Sakaza
Kirare no Senta
続べらんめぇ芸者
Ano hito wa ima
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
Netsuai sha
Murai
Striving to Live
The Estuary
Samurai Hawk
Victory and Defeat
Kimpei Minegishi
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Tokusuke Rôjin
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Whirlwind Magistrate
Dancing Girl
Yagi
Ai Sureba Koso
Gorô (segment 3)
The Militarists
Mitsumasa Yonai
Across the Darkness
Takazawa
The Wind Blows Twice
Passion Fire
奥田金馬太郎
春のみづうみ
The Cannery Boat
Matsuki
The Sand City in Manchuria
Ishigami
Detective Duel
Records of loyal vassals
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Roar and Earth
Murahachibu
Okuni and Gohei
Tomonojo
White Beast
Oban kanketsu hen
Jigoku bana
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Riverside Fish Market Empire
Seven Masks of Revenge
Ninja Assassins
Night Butterflies
Ichiro Shirasawa
Homecoming
Police Precinct Part 14
Maruyama
Ganpeki
Born in Sin
Musume to watashi
白磁の人
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Hanemon(Otowaya)
A Young Samurai
Main Line to Terror
The Doctor
The Ataka Family
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
Councilor Matsudaira Izu
The 47 Masterless Samurai
Hole in One
Keikichi Shirasu
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger
Yume de aritai
A Roaring Trade
Epitaph to My Love
Kimura
Haitoku no mesu
Naoyuki Nishizawa
Duel in the Sun
Attorney
Hijo no License
矢部
Life of a Country Doctor
Sister with Sister
Michisuke Nishikata
Women of Tokyo
Shoichi Kagami
The Harbor Lights
When It Rains, It Pours
Love and Duty
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Hanemon(Otowaya)
Deep River Melody
The Black Current
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Their Legacy
Nemuri Kyōshirō
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Karatachi no hana
Darkness at Noon
Yuji
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
As Long as I Live
Drunkard's Paradise
Who Will Judge Me?
Hell's Juggler
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
Love's Family Tree
Kanei Command Performance
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
お月様には悪いけど
ヤーさん
恐怖の空中殺人
劉元章
An Eagle Eyed Lord
Oka wa hanazakari
Frame of Snow
Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
Honoo no hada
Yagyu Abaretabi
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Yagyu Munenori