So Yamamura
Acting
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
1997Going West: to the West
Shogo Kawahara
1992Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1991Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
1990Tange Sazen
1990The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
Yagyu Munenori
1989Nemuri Kyōshirō
1987Tokyo Bordello
Isaburo Okura
1986Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
1985The Second Is a Christian
Nakatsugawa
1983Antarctica
Iwakiri Sencho
1983Kanei Command Performance
1982The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1980Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Masayuki Hoshina
1980Yagyu Abaretabi
1978Shag
1975Main Line to Terror
1974Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
Hanemon(Otowaya)
1974Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prime Minister Kuroki
1973Professional Killers
Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Hanemon(Otowaya)
1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gômune Jindaiyu
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1970The Militarists
Mitsumasa Yonai
1967Japan's Longest Day
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
