Actor

So Yamamura

1946–present1910–2000DramaActionHistoryRomance

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 6 films ↗Also wrote 2 screenplays ↗

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Known For

168 acting credits

as Koichi Hirayama

Tokyo Story

as Koichi Hirayama

1953

Tokyo Story

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Filmography

1997Going West: to the WestShogo Kawahara 1992Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan 1991Godzilla vs. King GhidorahPrime Minister7.0 1990Tange Sazen 1990The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty BladesYagyu Munenori 1989Nemuri Kyōshirō7.0 1987Tokyo BordelloIsaburo Okura5.6

About

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.

As Director

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1955The Doctor 1959Hahakogusa 1959Kashima-nada no onna 1953The Cannery Boat 1960Deep River Melody 1954The Black Current

As Screenwriter

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1955The Doctor 1953The Cannery Boat

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