Sō Yamamura
February 24, 1910 (114 years old) in Tenri, Japan
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1992 · Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan as
- 1991 · Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah as Prime Minister
- 1990 · Tange Sazen as
- 1989 · Nemuri Kyōshirō as
- 1986 · Gung Ho as Mr. Sakamoto
- 1985 · The Second Is a Christian as Nakatsugawa
- 1983 · Kanei Command Performance as
- 1983 · Antarctica as Iwakiri Sencho
- 1982 · The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S as
- 1982 · Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest as Yagyu Munenori
- 1980 · ザ・ハングマン as
- 1980 · Yagyu's Secret Quest as Yagyu Munenori
- 1980 · Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo as Masayuki Hoshina
- 1978 · Pearl as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
- 1978 · The Yagyu Conspiracy as Yagyu Munenori
- 1978 · Shag as
- 1978 · Ningen no Shōmei as
- 1975 · Main Line to Terror as
- 1974 · Prophecies of Nostradamus as Prime Minister Kuroki
- 1974 · Professional Killers – Assignment by Night as Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973 · Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry as Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1973 · Professional Killers as Hanemon(Otowaya)
- 1972 · Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril as Gômune Jindaiyu
- 1972 · Professional Killers as Hanemon Otowaya
- 1971 · Haru no Sakamichi as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 1970 · The Militarists as Mitsumasa Yonai
- 1970 · Tora! Tora! Tora! as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1967 · Japan's Longest Day as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
- 1965 · The Retreat from Kiska as Kawashima
- 1965 · With Beauty and Sorrow as Toshio Ôki
- 1965 · The School of Flesh as
- 1964 · A Public Benefactor as Kappei Arima
- 1963 · Gang Loyalty and Vengeance as Tachibana
- 1963 · Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance as
- 1962 · Born in Sin as
- 1962 · Diary of a Mad Old Man as Tokusuke Rôjin
- 1962 · A Flame at the Pier as
- 1962 · Records of loyal vassals as
- 1962 · Glory on the Summit as
- 1962 · Star of Hong Kong as Gentaro Sugimoto
- 1962 · Akitsu Hot Springs as
- 1962 · あの空の果てに星はまたたく as
- 1962 · The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
- 1962 · Musume to watashi as
- 1962 · The Inheritance as Senzô
- 1962 · Drunkard's Paradise as
- 1962 · Yume de aritai as
- 1962 · A Roaring Trade as
- 1962 · Their Legacy as
- 1961 · Love's Family Tree as
- 1961 · The Last War as Prime Minister Masaki
- 1961 · The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku as Councilor Matsudaira Izu
- 1961 · Haitoku no mesu as Naoyuki Nishizawa
- 1961 · A Geisha's Diary as Kiyomasa Tsutsui
- 1961 · The Estuary as
- 1961 · The Orphan Brother as Fujiwara No Morozane (voice)
- 1961 · An Eagle Eyed Lord as
- 1961 · Epitaph to My Love as Kimura
- 1961 · Gonin no totsugeki tai as
- 1961 · Samurai Hawk as
- 1961 · Women of Tokyo as Shoichi Kagami
- 1961 · The Harbor Lights as
- 1961 · Hell's Juggler as
- 1961 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 as
- 1960 · Deep River Melody as
- 1960 · The Sand City in Manchuria as Ishigami
- 1960 · Life of a Country Doctor as
- 1960 · Ninja Assassins as
- 1960 · Police Precinct Part 14 as Maruyama
- 1960 · Victory and Defeat as Kimpei Minegishi
- 1960 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 as
- 1959 · Across the Darkness as Takazawa
- 1959 · Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord as
- 1959 · Hell's Companion as
- 1959 · Hahakogusa as Mr. Fujiki
- 1959 · Magistrate Toyama 3: The Whirlwind Magistrate as
- 1959 · Men in a Rough Town as
- 1959 · The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Okishima
- 1959 · The 47 Masterless Samurai as
- 1959 · Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2 as
- 1958 · Sister with Sister as Michisuke Nishikata
- 1958 · The Purple Hood as
- 1958 · The Barbarian and the Geisha as Governor Tamura
- 1958 · With Songs in My Heart as
- 1958 · Detective Duel as
- 1958 · Oban kanketsu hen as
- 1958 · Little Peach as Heishiro Hirayama, the father
- 1957 · Roar and Earth as
- 1957 · Hole in One as Keikichi Shirasu
- 1957 · Jigoku bana as
- 1957 · When It Rains, It Pours as
- 1957 · Tokyo Twilight as Seki Sekiguchi
- 1957 · Night Butterflies as Ichiro Shirasawa
- 1957 · Typhoon Over Nagasaki as
- 1957 · 白磁の人 as
- 1956 · Tsukigata Hanpeita as Katsura Kogoro
- 1956 · Darkness at Noon as Yuji
- 1956 · 春のみづうみ as
- 1956 · Early Spring as Yutaka Kawai
- 1955 · Sara no hana no toge as
- 1955 · Seven Masks of Revenge as
- 1955 · Ai Sureba Koso as Gorô (segment 3)
- 1955 · Till We Meet Again as Daisuke Kaji
- 1955 · Princess Yang Kwei Fei as An Lushan
- 1955 · Ghost Story of Youth as Tetsuya, father of Chiharu
- 1955 · Burden of Love as Jozaburo Araki
- 1955 · Striving to Live as
- 1954 · The Black Current as
- 1954 · The Ditch as
- 1954 · Love and Duty as
- 1954 · Sound of the Mountain as Ogata Shingo
- 1953 · An Inlet of Muddy Water as
- 1953 · Tokyo Story as Koichi Hirayama
- 1953 · The Cannery Boat as Matsuki
- 1953 · Miniature as Wakabayashi
- 1953 · Murahachibu as
- 1953 · My Wonderful Yellow Car as The husband
- 1952 · Passion Fire as 奥田金馬太郎
- 1952 · The Woman Who Touched the Legs as Yasukichi Sakaza
- 1952 · Modern People as
- 1952 · The Ataka Family as
- 1952 · Kin no tamago: Golden Girl as
- 1952 · Okuni and Gohei as Tomonojo
- 1952 · Riverside Fish Market Empire as
- 1952 · The Wind Blows Twice as
- 1951 · Repast as
- 1951 · Miki, the Swordman as Hirate Miki
- 1951 · Honoo no hada as
- 1951 · Hibari no komoriuta as
- 1951 · The Lady of Musashino as Eiji Ono
- 1951 · Dancing Girl as Yagi
- 1951 · Who Will Judge Me? as
- 1951 · The White Orchid as
- 1950 · Rumba of Passion as
- 1950 · Homecoming as
- 1950 · Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog as Hirate (Sake brewer)
- 1950 · Portrait of Madame Yuki as Tateoka
- 1950 · Senka o koete as
- 1950 · The Munekata Sisters as Ryosuke Mimura
- 1950 · White Beast as
- 1950 · Song of Love as
- 1950 · Duel in the Sun as Attorney
- 1950 · Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu as
- 1950 · Kagebōshi as 小山田鉄心
- 1949 · Kirare no Senta as
- 1948 · Yūkyō no mure as
- 1948 · A Woman in the Typhoon Area as Kijima
- 1948 · A Second Life as
- 1947 · The Love of the Actress Sumako as Hôgetsu Shimamura
- 1946 · As Long as I Live as