Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
24 fevereiro 1910
Died
26 maio 2000
Place of birth
Tenri, Nara, Japan
Also known as
Hirosada Koga · 山村聡 · 山村聰 · Со Ямамура
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.
Conhecido por
6.3
Film
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
6.0
Film
Detective Duel
1958
0.0
Film
Rumba of Passion
1950
8.1
Film
Tokyo Story
Koichi Hirayama
1953
6.5
Film
Night Butterflies
Ichiro Shirasawa
1957
8.0
Film
Hole in One
Keikichi Shirasu
1957
8.0
Series
Professional Killers
Hanemon Otowaya
1972–1973
5.7
Film
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Prime Minister Kuroki
1974
0.0
Film
Hakuji no hito
Zensuke, Kanako's father
1957
0.0
Series
Haru no Sakamichi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1971
8.0
Film
Homecoming
1950
10.0
Film
The Doctor
1955
7.7
Film
Tokyo Twilight
Seki Sekiguchi
1957
8.1
Film
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Okishima
1959
6.9
Film
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Prime Minister
1991
7.2
Film
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1970
5.6
Film
White Beast
1950
0.0
Film
A Woman Who Convicts Men
1948
6.1
Film
Gung Ho
Mr. Sakamoto
1986
8.5
Film
The Cannery Boat
Matsuki
1953
10.0
Film
The Black Current
1954
8.0
Film
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
7.5
Film
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Kijima
1948
0.0
Film
Ganpeki
1953
7.1
Film
Burden of Love
Jozaburo Araki
1955
8.5
Film
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
0.0
Film
Ane to imôto
Yoshirô Takaoka
1965
9.0
Film
Glory on the Summit
1962
7.7
Series
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Munenori
1978–
10.0
Series
ザ・ハングマン
1980–
10.0
Series
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Munenori
1982–
Acting credits 31 titles
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
6.9
1991
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
6.1
1986
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
10.0
1982–
ザ・ハングマン
10.0
1980–
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori
7.7
1978–
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister Kuroki
5.7
1974
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya
8.0
1972–1973
Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
0.0
1971
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
7.2
1970
Ane to imôto
as Yoshirô Takaoka
0.0
1965
Glory on the Summit
9.0
1962
Life of a Country Doctor
8.5
1960
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Okishima
8.1
1959
Detective Duel
6.0
1958
Hakuji no hito
as Zensuke, Kanako's father
0.0
1957
Hole in One
as Keikichi Shirasu
8.0
1957
Night Butterflies
as Ichiro Shirasawa
6.5
1957
Tokyo Twilight
as Seki Sekiguchi
7.7
1957
Burden of Love
as Jozaburo Araki
7.1
1955
The Doctor
10.0
1955
The Black Current
10.0
1954
The Cannery Boat
as Matsuki
8.5
1953
Ganpeki
0.0
1953
Tokyo Story
as Koichi Hirayama
8.1
1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
6.3
1953
Who Will Judge Me?
8.0
1951
White Beast
5.6
1950
Homecoming
8.0
1950
Rumba of Passion
0.0
1950
A Woman Who Convicts Men
0.0
1948
A Woman in the Typhoon Area
as Kijima
7.5
1948