People
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.
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan | 1992-01-03 |
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah as Prime Minister | 1991-12-14 |
Tange Sazen | 1990-08-16 |
Nemuri Kyōshirō | 1989-04-22 |
Gung Ho as Mr. Sakamoto | 1986-03-14 |
The Second Is a Christian as Nakatsugawa | 1985-09-14 |
Kanei Command Performance | 1983-08-05 |
Antarctica as Iwakiri Sencho | 1983-07-23 |
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S | 1982-12-11 |
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo as Masayuki Hoshina | 1980-02-23 |
Shag | 1978-03-31 |
Main Line to Terror | 1975-09-06 |
Prophecies of Nostradamus as Prime Minister Kuroki | 1974-08-03 |
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night as Hanemon(Otowaya) | 1974-02-16 |
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry as Hanemon(Otowaya) | 1973-09-29 |
Professional Killers as Hanemon(Otowaya) | 1973-06-09 |
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril as Gômune Jindaiyu | 1972-12-30 |
The Militarists as Mitsumasa Yonai | 1970-09-11 |
Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto | 1970-01-26 |
Japan's Longest Day as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai | 1967-08-03 |
The Retreat from Kiska as Kawashima | 1965-07-04 |
With Beauty and Sorrow as Toshio Ôki | 1965-02-28 |
The School of Flesh | 1965-02-14 |
A Public Benefactor as Kappei Arima | 1964-04-04 |
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance as Tachibana | 1963-10-20 |
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance | 1963-08-06 |
Born in Sin | 1962-11-23 |
Diary of a Mad Old Man as Tokusuke Rôjin | 1962-10-20 |
A Flame at the Pier | 1962-09-30 |
Records of loyal vassals | 1962-09-09 |
Glory on the Summit | 1962-07-29 |
Star of Hong Kong as Gentaro Sugimoto | 1962-07-14 |
Akitsu Hot Springs | 1962-06-15 |
あの空の果てに星はまたたく | 1962-05-20 |
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff | 1962-04-07 |
Musume to watashi | 1962-04-01 |
The Inheritance as Senzô | 1962-02-16 |
Drunkard's Paradise | 1962-02-04 |
Yume de aritai | 1962-01-14 |
A Roaring Trade | 1962-01-03 |
Their Legacy | 1962-01-03 |
Love's Family Tree | 1961-11-22 |
The Last War as Prime Minister Masaki | 1961-10-08 |
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku as Councilor Matsudaira Izu | 1961-09-13 |
Haitoku no mesu as Naoyuki Nishizawa | 1961-08-06 |
A Geisha's Diary as Kiyomasa Tsutsui | 1961-07-28 |
The Estuary | 1961-07-26 |
The Orphan Brother as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice) | 1961-07-19 |
An Eagle Eyed Lord | 1961-06-21 |
Epitaph to My Love as Kimura | 1961-05-16 |
Gonin no totsugeki tai | 1961-04-26 |
Samurai Hawk | 1961-03-05 |
Women of Tokyo as Shoichi Kagami | 1961-03-01 |
The Harbor Lights | 1961-02-26 |
Hell's Juggler | 1961-01-15 |
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 | 1961-01-09 |
Deep River Melody | 1960-09-13 |
The Sand City in Manchuria as Ishigami | 1960-08-24 |
Life of a Country Doctor | 1960-08-14 |
Ninja Assassins | 1960-06-29 |
Police Precinct Part 14 as Maruyama | 1960-06-21 |
Victory and Defeat as Kimpei Minegishi | 1960-04-27 |
Ryuji, the Gun Slinger | 1960-04-12 |
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 | 1960-03-01 |
Across the Darkness as Takazawa | 1959-12-01 |
Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord | 1959-07-12 |
Hell's Companion | 1959-06-01 |
Hahakogusa as Mr. Fujiki | 1959-04-22 |
Whirlwind Magistrate | 1959-03-10 |
Men in a Rough Town | 1959-01-28 |
The 47 Masterless Samurai | 1959-01-15 |
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Okishima | 1959-01-15 |
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 | 1959-01-01 |
Sister with Sister as Michisuke Nishikata | 1958-12-09 |
The Purple Hood | 1958-10-29 |
The Barbarian and the Geisha as Governor Tamura | 1958-09-30 |
With Songs in My Heart | 1958-09-10 |
Detective Duel | 1958-08-06 |
Oban kanketsu hen | 1958-07-01 |
Little Peach as Heishiro Hirayama, the father | 1958-05-13 |
Roar and Earth | 1957-09-29 |
Hole in One as Keikichi Shirasu | 1957-09-15 |
Jigoku bana | 1957-06-25 |
When It Rains, It Pours | 1957-06-11 |
Tokyo Twilight as Seki Sekiguchi | 1957-04-30 |
Night Butterflies as Ichiro Shirasawa | 1957-04-01 |
Typhoon Over Nagasaki | 1957-02-06 |
白磁の人 | 1957-01-15 |
Tsukigata Hanpeita as Katsura Kogoro | 1956-10-16 |
Darkness at Noon as Yuji | 1956-03-26 |
春のみづうみ | 1956-03-11 |
Early Spring as Yutaka Kawai | 1956-01-29 |
Sara no hana no toge | 1955-10-11 |
Seven Masks of Revenge | 1955-07-12 |
Ai Sureba Koso as Gorô (segment 3) | 1955-07-05 |
Till We Meet Again as Daisuke Kaji | 1955-05-29 |
Princess Yang Kwei Fei as An Lushan | 1955-05-03 |
Ghost Story of Youth as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu | 1955-04-19 |
A Young Samurai | 1955-03-25 |
Burden of Love as Jozaburo Araki | 1955-03-18 |
Striving to Live | 1955-02-25 |
The Black Current | 1954-08-31 |
The Ditch | 1954-07-27 |
Love and Duty | 1954-03-24 |
Sound of the Mountain as Ogata Shingo | 1954-01-15 |
An Inlet of Muddy Water | 1953-11-23 |
Tokyo Story as Koichi Hirayama | 1953-11-03 |
The Cannery Boat as Matsuki | 1953-09-10 |
Ganpeki | 1953-04-22 |
Miniature as Wakabayashi | 1953-04-01 |
Murahachibu | 1953-03-21 |
My Wonderful Yellow Car as The husband | 1953-01-15 |
Passion Fire as 奥田金馬太郎 | 1952-12-10 |
The Woman Who Touched the Legs as Yasukichi Sakaza | 1952-11-02 |
Modern People | 1952-09-03 |
The Ataka Family | 1952-05-15 |
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl | 1952-05-14 |
Okuni and Gohei as Tomonojo | 1952-04-10 |
Riverside Fish Market Empire | 1952-03-14 |
The Wind Blows Twice | 1952-02-14 |
Repast | 1951-11-23 |
Miki, the Swordman as Hirate Miki | 1951-11-02 |
Honoo no hada | 1951-10-19 |
Hibari no komoriuta | 1951-09-21 |
The Lady of Musashino as Eiji Ono | 1951-09-14 |
Dancing Girl as Yagi | 1951-08-17 |
Who Will Judge Me? | 1951-05-18 |
The White Orchid | 1951-03-24 |
Rumba of Passion | 1950-12-29 |
Homecoming | 1950-11-25 |
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog as Hirate (Sake brewer) | 1950-11-18 |
Portrait of Madame Yuki as Tateoka | 1950-10-21 |
Senka o koete | 1950-09-02 |
The Munekata Sisters as Ryosuke Mimura | 1950-08-08 |
White Beast | 1950-06-03 |
Song of Love | 1950-04-09 |
Duel in the Sun as Attorney | 1950-03-07 |
Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu | 1950-01-08 |
Kagebōshi as 小山田鉄心 | 1950-01-03 |
Kirare no Senta | 1949-04-05 |
Yūkyō no mure | 1948-12-28 |
A Woman in the Typhoon Area as Kijima | 1948-09-18 |
A Second Life | 1948-02-03 |
The Love of the Actress Sumako as Hôgetsu Shimamura | 1947-08-16 |
As Long as I Live | 1946-08-01 |