So Yamamura
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.
Filmography
Going West: to the West
1997
as Shogo Kawahara
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
as Prime Minister
The Yagyu Code 2: Fifty Blades
1990
as Yagyu Munenori
Tange Sazen
1990
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
Tokyo Bordello
1987
as Isaburo Okura
Gung Ho
1986
as Mr. Sakamoto
The Second Is a Christian
1985
as Nakatsugawa
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Antarctica
1983
as Iwakiri Sencho
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
as Masayuki Hoshina
Shag
1978
Main Line to Terror
1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
as Prime Minister Kuroki
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
1974
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Professional Killers
1973
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
as Gômune Jindaiyu
The Militarists
1970
as Mitsumasa Yonai
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai