Screenwriter

So Yamamura

Classic Era1910–2000Drama

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 6 films ↗Also starred in films ↗

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The Screenplays

2 total writing credits

SCR

The Doctor

1955

Screenplay

SCR

The Cannery Boat

1953

Screenplay

Full Writing Credits

1955The DoctorScreenplay10.0 1953The Cannery BoatScreenplay8.5

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 Actor

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Tokyo Story

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

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