
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.
1997Going West: to the WestMovieas Shogo Kawahara
1992Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of JapanMovie
1991Godzilla vs. King GhidorahMovieas Prime Minister
1990The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty BladesMovieas Yagyu Munenori
1990Tange SazenMovie
1989Nemuri KyōshirōMovie
1987Tokyo BordelloMovieas Isaburo Okura
1986Gung HoMovieas Mr. Sakamoto
1985The Second Is a ChristianMovieas Nakatsugawa
1983Kanei Command PerformanceMovie
1983AntarcticaMovieas Iwakiri Sencho
1982The Mysterious Gemini • Y&SMovie
1982Yagyu Jubei Secret QuestTV showas Yagyu Munenori · 26 episodes
1980ザ・ハングマンTV show23 episodes
1980Yagyu AbaretabiMovie
1980Yagyu's Secret QuestTV showas Yagyu Munenori · 51 episodes
1980Shadow Warriors: Hattori HanzoMovieas Masayuki Hoshina
1978PearlTV showas Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited) · 2 episodes
1978The Yagyu ConspiracyTV showas Yagyu Munenori · 39 episodes
1978ShagMovie
1978Ningen no ShōmeiTV show13 episodes
1975Main Line to TerrorMovie
1974Prophecies of NostradamusMovieas Prime Minister Kuroki
1974Professional Killers – Assignment by NightMovieas Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973Tasukenin HashiruTV show36 episodes
1973Professional Killers – Assassin's QuarryMovieas Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973Professional KillersMovieas Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973Hijo no LicenseTV showas 矢部 · 64 episodes
1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in PerilMovieas Gômune Jindaiyu
1972Professional KillersTV showas Hanemon Otowaya · 33 episodes
1971Haru no SakamichiTV showas Tokugawa Ieyasu · 52 episodes
1970The MilitaristsMovieas Mitsumasa Yonai
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Movieas Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1967Japan's Longest DayMovieas Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
1965The Retreat from KiskaMovieas Kawashima
1965With Beauty and SorrowMovieas Toshio Ôki
1965The School of FleshMovie
1965Ane to imôtoMovieas Yoshirô Takaoka
1964A Public BenefactorMovieas Kappei Arima
1963Daybreak ChorusMovieas Shingo Koide
1963Gang Loyalty and VengeanceMovieas Tachibana
1963Shinobi no Mono 2: VengeanceMovieas Mitsuhide
1963The House Where Flowers BloomMovie
1963Ano hito wa imaMovie
1963At the Side of the Bridge 3Movie
1962Born in SinMovie
1962Diary of a Mad Old ManMovieas Tokusuke Rôjin
1962A Flame at the PierMovie
1962Records of loyal vassalsMovie
1962Glory on the SummitMovie
1962Star of Hong KongMovieas Gentaro Sugimoto
1962Akitsu Hot SpringsMovieas Mikami
1962Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matatakuMovieas Kojiro Yamaguchi
1962The Pacific War and Himeyuri CorpsMovieas Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
1962Musume to watashiMovie
1962The InheritanceMovieas Senzô
1962Drunkard's ParadiseMovie
1962Yume de aritaiMovie
1962Their LegacyMovie
1962A Roaring TradeMovie
1961Love's Family TreeMovie
1961The Last WarMovieas Prime Minister Masaki
1961The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-KokuMovieas Councilor Matsudaira Izu
1961Netsuai shaMovieas Murai
1961Haitoku no mesuMovieas Naoyuki Nishizawa
1961A Geisha's DiaryMovieas Kiyomasa Tsutsui
1961The EstuaryMovie
1961The Orphan BrotherMovieas Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
1961An Eagle Eyed LordMovie
1961Epitaph to My LoveMovieas Kimura
1961Last-Ditch GloryMovie
1961Women of TokyoMovieas Shoichi Kagami
1961The Harbor LightsMovie
1961I Am The Magician From HellMovie
1961The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4Movie
1960Deep River MelodyMovieDirector
1960The Sand City in ManchuriaMovieas Ishigami
1960Life of a Country DoctorMovie
1960Ninja AssassinsMovie
1960Police Precinct Part 14Movieas Maruyama
1960Victory and DefeatMovieas Kimpei Minegishi
1960Ryuji, the Gun SlingerMovie
1960The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2Movie
1960続べらんめぇ芸者Movie
1959Across the DarknessMovieas Takazawa
1959Kashima-nada no onnaMovieDirector
1959The Silent MurderMovie
1959Sudden Attack of the Christian LordMovie
1959Hell's CompanionMovie
1959HahakogusaMovieas Mr. Fujiki · Director
1959Whirlwind MagistrateMovie
1959The Bastards of Lawless TownMovie
1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveMovieas Okishima
1959The 47 Masterless SamuraiMovie
1959Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2Movie
1958Sister with SisterMovieas Michisuke Nishikata
1958The Purple HoodMovie
1958The Barbarian and the GeishaMovieas Governor Tamura
1958With Songs in My HeartMovie
1958Detective DuelMovie
1958Oban kanketsu henMovie
1958His Pistol is HellMovie
1958Gendai MushukuMovieas Nonomiya Shin
1958Little PeachMovieas Heishiro Hirayama, the father
1957Hole in OneMovieas Keikichi Shirasu
1957Roar and EarthMovie
1957First Love StoryMovieas Shohei Ganmaru
1957Night ButterfliesMovieas Ichiro Shirasawa
1957The Chieko StoryMovieas Kotaro Takamura
1957Blooms of HellMovie
1957When It Rains, It PoursMovie
1957Tokyo TwilightMovieas Seki Sekiguchi
1957Typhoon Over NagasakiMovie
1957Hakuji no hitoMovieas Zensuke, Kanako's father
1956恐怖の空中殺人Movieas 劉元章
1956Yonjū-hassai no teikōMovie
1956Tsukigata HanpeitaMovieas Katsura Kogoro
1956Summer in EclipseMovieas Kozo Mishima
1956Darkness at NoonMovieas Yuji
1956Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumiMovie
1956Early SpringMovieas Yutaka Kawai
1955The DoctorMovieDirector · Screenplay
1955Seven Masks of RevengeMovie
1955If Indeed One LovesMovieas Gorô (segment 3)
1955Till We Meet AgainMovieas Daisuke Kaji
1955Princess Yang Kwei-feiMovieas An Lushan
1955Ghost Story of YouthMovieas Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
1955Frame of SnowMovieas Amagiri (Yūko’s grandfather)
1955A Young SamuraiMovie
1955Burden of LoveMovieas Jozaburo Araki
1955Striving to LiveMovie
1955美男お小姓 人斬り彦齋Movie
1954お月様には悪いけどMovieas ヤーさん
1954Karatachi no hanaMovie
1954日本敗れずMovie
1954The Black CurrentMovieDirector
1954DitchMovie
1954Love and DutyMovie
1954Autumn InterludeMovieas Sotaro Fushimi, Setsuko's father
1954Mama's DiaryMovie
1954Sound of the MountainMovieas Ogata Shingo
1953An Inlet of Muddy WaterMovie
1953Tokyo StoryMovieas Koichi Hirayama
1953The Cannery BoatMovieas Matsuki · Director · Screenplay
1953GanpekiMovie
1953MiniatureMovieas Wakabayashi
1953MurahachibuMovie
1953My Wonderful Yellow CarMovieas The husband
1952Passion FireMovieas 奥田金馬太郎
1952Oka wa hanazakariMovie
1952The Woman Who Touched the LegsMovieas Yasukichi Sakaza
1952Modern PeopleMovie
1952Kon'na watashi ja nakatta niMovie
1952The Ataka FamilyMovie
1952Kin no tamago: Golden GirlMovie
1952Okuni and GoheiMovieas Tomonojo
1952Riverside Fish Market EmpireMovie
1952The Wind Blows TwiceMovieas Takayoshi Michihara
1952A Meeting of YouthsMovieas Haruki Eda
1952Gunrō no machiMovie
1951RepastMovie
1951Miki, the SwordmanMovieas Hirate Miki
1951Hibari no komoriutaMovie
1951The Lady of MusashinoMovieas Eiji Ono
1951Dancing GirlMovieas Yagi
1951Who Will Judge Me?Movie
1951Freedom SchoolMovie
1951The White OrchidMovie
1950Rumba of PassionMovie
1950HomecomingMovie
1950Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night FogMovieas Hirate (Sake brewer)
1950Portrait of Madame YukiMovieas Tateoka
1950The Munekata SistersMovieas Ryosuke Mimura
1950White BeastMovie
1950Duel in the SunMovieas Attorney
1950Haha tsubakiMovie
1950Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsuMovie
1950KagebōshiMovieas 小山田鉄心
1949Maboroshi fujinMovie
1949Scarface SentaMovie
1949A Woman's FightMovie
1948Yūkyō no mureMovie
1948A Woman in the Typhoon AreaMovieas Kijima
1948A Second LifeMovie
1947The Love of the Actress SumakoMovieas Hôgetsu Shimamura
1946As Long as I LiveMovie