Acting
So Yamamura
Also Known As: Hirosada Koga, 山村聡, 山村聰
Birth Date
February 24, 1910
Death Date
May 26, 2000
(passed away at 90)
Place of Birth
Tenri, Nara, Japan
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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.
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Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya
1972 • 33 episodes
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1970
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
1953
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
1991
Haru no Sakamichi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1971 • 52 episodes
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
1986
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
1959
Pearl
Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
1978 • 2 episodes
Early Spring
Yutaka Kawai
1956
ザ・ハングマン
1980 • 23 episodes
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Gômune Jindaiyu
1972
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori
1978 • 39 episodes
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
1957
Tokyo Bordello
Isaburo Okura
1987
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Governor Tamura
1958
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
1980 • 51 episodes
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
An Lushan
1955
Hijo no License
矢部
1973 • 64 episodes
Honoo no hada
1951
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957